Visual Disorder Due to Age-related Macula Degeneration Clinical Trial
— QUATROOfficial title:
The Correlation for Improvement of Visual Acuity and QOL After Ranibizmab Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients
To establish the correlation between visual acuity improvement and QOL measurement after ranibizumab treatment for AMD patients.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 100 |
Est. completion date | December 2015 |
Est. primary completion date | April 2015 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 50 Years and older |
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 |
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Country | Name | City | State |
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Japan | Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Hospital | Maidashi, Higashiku, Fukuoka-city | Fukuoka |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Kyushu University | Clinical Research Support Center Kyush, Fukuoka University, Kurume University, Novartis, University of Occupational and Environmental Health |
Japan,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Baseline change of central retinal thickness by OCT examination. | 3 months, 1 year | No | |
Primary | Baseline change of visual acuity and QOL after ranibizumab treatment | 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. | 3 months | No |
Secondary | To evaluate the correlation between the changes of visual acuity and QOL measurement during one year follow-up observations | 1year | No |