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A Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal APL-2 Therapy With Sham Injections in Patients With Geographic Atrophy (GA) Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03525613

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03525613. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.

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Official title

A Phase 3, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Pegcetacoplan Therapy With Sham Injections in Patients With Geographic Atrophy (GA) Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

This is a 24-month, Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-injection controlled study to assess the efficacy and safety of multiple IVT injections of APL-2 in subjects with GA secondary to AMD.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03525613
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
637 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

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

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2018 (Actual)
Primary completion
Jun 28, 2021 (Actual)
Completion
Jun 28, 2022 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jul 6, 2023

2018 – 2022

United States locations

U.S. sites
67
U.S. states
27
U.S. cities
59
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Arizona Retina & Vitreous Consultants Phoenix Arizona 85021 —
California Retina Consultants Bakersfield California 93309 —
Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group Beverly Hills California 90211 —
Retinal Diagnostic Center Campbell California 95508 —
Retina Consultants of Orange County Fullerton California 92835 —
Atlantis Eyecare Huntington Beach California 92647 —
University of California, San Diego, Jacobs Retina La Jolla California 92093 —
Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, Stanford School of Medicine Palo Alto California 94303 —
Doheny Eye Center UCLA Pasadena California 91105 —
Retina Consultants San Diego Poway California 92064 —
Retinal Consultants Med Group, Inc. Sacramento California 95819 —
Orange County Retina Medical Group Santa Ana California 92705 —
California Retina Consultants Santa Barbara California 93103 —
Southwest Retina Research Center, LLC Durango Colorado 81301 —
Colorado Retina Associates Golden Colorado 80401 —
Retina Group of New England Waterford Connecticut 06385 —
Blue Ocean Clinical Research / The Macula Center Clearwater Florida 33761 —
National Ophthalmic Research Institute (Retina Consultants of Southwest Florida) Fort Myers Florida 33912 —
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami Florida 33136 —
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of Naples Naples Florida 34103 —
Retina Specialty Institute Pensacola Florida 32503 —
Center for Retina and Macular Disease Winter Haven Florida 33880 —
Southeast Retina Center, PC Augusta Georgia 30909 —
Gailey Eye Clinic Retina Center Bloomington Illinois 61704 —
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois 60611 —
Rush University Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60612 —
Midwest Eye Institute Indianapolis Indiana 46290 —
Retina and Vitreous Associates of Kentucky, PSC dba Retina Associates of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky 40509 —
Retina Associates New Orleans Metairie Louisiana 70006 —
The Retina Care Center Baltimore Maryland 21209 —
The Retina Group of Washington Chevy Chase Maryland 20815 —
Cumberland Valley Retina Center Hagerstown Maryland 21740 —
Mid Atlantic Retina Specialists Hagerstown Maryland 21740 —
Tufts Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02116 —
New England Retina Consultants Springfield Massachusetts 01107 —
Michigan Medicine Kellogg Eye Center Ann Arbor Michigan 48105 —
Associated Retinal Consultants, P.C Grand Rapids Michigan 49564 —
VitreoRetinal Surgery PA Minneapolis Minnesota 55435 —
Sierra Eye Associates Reno Nevada 89502 —
Retina Center of NJ, LLC Bloomfield New Jersey 07003 —
NJ Retina Toms River New Jersey 08755 —
Vision Research Center Eye Associates of NM Albuquerque New Mexico 87109 —
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island Lynbrook New York 11563 —
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York New York 10003 —
Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of NY New York New York 10022 —
Duke University, Duke Eye Center Durham North Carolina 27710 —
Research - Retina Vitreous Center Edmond Oklahoma 73013 —
Oregon Retina, LLP Eugene Oregon 97405 —
Mid Atlantic Retina Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18017 —
Retina Vitreous Consultants Monroeville Pennsylvania 15146 —
Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107 —
AIO Visionary Eye Care West Mifflin Pennsylvania 15122 —
Charles Retina Institute Germantown Tennessee 38138 —
Tennessee Retina, PC Nashville Tennessee 37203 —
Retina Research Institute of Texas Abilene Texas 79606 —
Texas Retina Associates Dallas Texas 75231 —
Houston Eye Associates Houston Texas 77025 —
Retina Consultants of Houston, PA Houston Texas 77030 —
San Antonia Eye Center San Antonio Texas 78215 —
Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates San Antonio Texas 78240 —
Retina Associates of South Texas San Antonio Texas 78240 —
Retinal Consultants of San Antonio San Antonio Texas 78240 —
Brown Retina Institute San Antonio Texas 78251 —
Strategic Clinical Research Group Willow Park Texas 76087 —
University of Utah - John A. Moran Center Salt Lake City Utah 84132 —
Emerson Clinical Research Institute Falls Church Virginia 22046 —
University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin 53705 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 45 non-U.S. sites.

About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03525613, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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Last refresh
Last update posted Jul 6, 2023 · Synced Oct 24, 2026

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