Exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) MedDRA version: 8 Level: LLT Classification code 10025411
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Ophthalmic Criteria 1. Best corrected visual acuity in the study eye worse than 20/40. 2. Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization, secondary to age related macular degeneration, with a total lesion size [including blood, scar/atrophy & neovascularization] of =65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will not be eligible for treatment if any of the following criteria are present systemically or in the study eye: 1. Any subfoveal scarring or atrophy and no more than 25% of the total lesion size may be made up of scarring or atrophy. 2. Patients who are eligible for any other of the Sponsor’s ongoing AMD studies still open to enrollment. 3. Presence of other causes of choroidal neovascularization, including pathologic myopia (spherical equivalent of –8 diopters or more, or axial length of 25mm or more), the ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, angioid streaks, choroidal rupture and multifocal choroiditis. 4. Any of the following underlying diseases including: - History or evidence of severe cardiac disease e.g. NYHA Functional Class III or IV (e.g. marked limitation of activity due to fatigue, palpitation or dyspnea, or worse), myocardial infarction within 6 months, ventricular tachyarrythmias requiring ongoing treatment or unstable angina. - Stroke (within 12 months of study entry) - Acute ocular or periocular infection 5. Known serious allergies to the fluorescein dye used in angiography (and indocyanine green if used) or to the components of Pegaptanib sodium formulation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary Objective: ;Primary end point(s): There are no efficacy end points;Main Objective: To provide Pegaptanib Sodium Injection to patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to AMD who have previously enrolled in a Macugen study. . Patients will continue to be treated under this protocol until such time as the product becomes commercially available or the patient’s lesion is considered to have resolved or stabilized in the opinion of the treating ophthalmologist. | — |
Countries
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom