A Safety and Efficacy Study Comparing the Combination Treatments of Verteporfin Therapy Plus One of Two Different Doses of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide and the Verteporfin Therapy Plus Intravitreal Pegaptanib
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Official title
A 24-month Randomized, Double-masked, Sham Controlled, Multicenter, Phase IIIB Study Comparing Photodynamic Therapy With Verteporfin (Visudyne®) Plus Two Different Dose Regimens of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide (1 mg and 4 mg) Versus Visudyne® Plus Intravitreal Pegaptanib(Macugen®) in Patients With Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration
Brief summary
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To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination treatments in wet age-related macular degeneration. The combination treatment consists of verteporfin photodynamic therapy and either triamcinolone acetonide or pegaptanib added as an intravitreal injection.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00242580
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 111 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Verteporfin photodynamic therapy Drug
- Pegaptanib Drug
- Triamcinolone acetonide Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2005
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2007
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Mar 30, 2016
Started 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novartis Investigational Site | Austin | Texas | 78793 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 30, 2016 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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