Visual Disorder Due to Age-related Macula Degeneration
Conditions
Brief summary
To establish the correlation between visual acuity improvement and QOL measurement after ranibizumab treatment for AMD patients.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Active primary or recurrent subfoveal choroidal neovascularization lesion due to AMD * Subjects of either gender age 50 years or older * Visual acuity better than 0.05 decimal( 20/400 Snellen) * Signed informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
* Prior treatment for neovascular AMD in the study eye, for example, PDT or anti-VEGF therapy * Patients whose lesion site evaluated by FA examination is more than 12DA in subject eye * Patients with treatment of triamcinolone intravitreal injection within 6 months in subject eye * Patients with a history of intraocular surgical operation(including cataract)within 3 months in subject eye * Patients with serious allergic history to such as fluorescein, indocyanine green, iodophors * The pregnant or lactating woman
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline change of visual acuity and QOL after ranibizumab treatment | 3 months | Analyze the correlation between visual acuity improvement and QOL assessment using VFQ-25 and Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire before and after initial ranibizumab treatment for AMD patients. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the correlation between the changes of visual acuity and QOL measurement during one year follow-up observations | 1year |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Baseline change of central retinal thickness by OCT examination. | 3 months, 1 year |
Countries
Japan