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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00540930
Date of registration: 05/10/2007
Primary sponsor: Shields, Shields and Associates
Public title: Intravitreal Ranibizumab for the Prevention of Radiation Maculopathy Following Plaque Radiotherapy
Scientific title: A Randomized Control Trial of Intravitreal Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the Prevention of Radiation Maculopathy Following Plaque Radiotherapy for Choroidal Melanoma
Date of first enrolment: April 2007
Target sample size: 400
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00540930
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Carol L Shields, MD
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Affiliation:  Wills Eye Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age >18 years

- new diagnosis of choroidal melanoma

- scheduled for plaque radiotherapy at Wills Eye Health System

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pre-existing retinal disorders (i.e. age-related macular degeneration, diabetic
maculopathy, retinal vascular occlusion, macular hole, surface wrinkling retinopathy)

- prior retinal detachment

- media opacities precluding accurate OCT imaging

- history of glaucoma

- pregnancy

- age <18 years.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Radiation Maculopathy
Radiation Retinopathy
Uveal Melanoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ranibizumab
Primary Outcome(s)
Presence or absence of optical coherence (OCT) evidence of macular edema. [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Grade of macular edema on OCT, visual acuity (LogMAR), and foveal thickness measurement on OCT at follow-up. [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary ID(s)
07-816
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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