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Recruiting Phase 2 Interventional

MMP-9 Inhibition for Recalcitrant Wet AMD

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04504123

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Official title

MMP-9 Inhibition for Recalcitrant Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Brief summary

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Wet (or neovascular) form of age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) is the most common cause of blindness in the Western world. Currently, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) intravitreal injections (IVI) remain the standard-of-care treatment for wAMD. Previous studies show that about 90% of treated patients lose minimal visual function after 2 years of follow-up. There is still, a subset of 15% patients, incomplete responders, that do not improve and possibly worsen due to the persistence of sub-retinal fluid (with or without intra-retinal fluid) with chronic treatment. The investigators plan to evaluate the effect of oral doxycycline versus placebo on the anatomic and functional outcomes in persistent sub-retinal eye fluid in neovascular wet age-related macular degeneration. This subset are incomplete or non-responders to current anti-VEGF intravitreal therapy.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04504123
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
University of Iowa
Other
Enrollment
50 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
50 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Nov 3, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2026
Completion
Feb 28, 2027
Last update posted
Apr 1, 2026

2020 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Iowa City Iowa 52242 Recruiting

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