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Lucentis for Inflammatory Macular Edema Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00498355

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Official title

Effect of Ranibizumab on Refractory Macular Edema in Uveitis

Brief summary

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Uveitis is an inflammation (swelling and irritation) inside the eye, affecting the uvea. The uvea is the layer of the eye between the sclera and the retina and provides most of the blood supply to the retina. Uveitis is an important cause of visual loss. There are 30,000 new cases of legal blindness each year due to uveitis in the U.S. Sight-threatening complications associated with uveitis include macular edema, which may persist even when inflammation is controlled. The only current treatment for cystoid macular edema (CME) in uveitis patients is oral or regional steroid injections. For patients who don't respond to steroids or who are unable to tolerate steroid therapy, there are no other medical treatments. The aim of this study is to determine if ranibizumab, an FDA-approved treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, is an effective treatment for those patients with uveitis-induced CME who are unable to be treated with or non-responsive to steroids.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00498355
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Enrollment
7 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2007
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2008
Completion
Nov 30, 2009
Last update posted
Nov 29, 2017

2007 – 2009

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Proctor Foundation, UCSF San Francisco California 94143

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