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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00556348
Date of registration: 09/11/2007
Primary sponsor: Instituto de Olhos de Goiania
Public title: Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Choridal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Scientific title: Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Choridal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Date of first enrolment: November 2005
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00556348
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Joao J Nassaralla, Jr
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Affiliation:  UnB and IOG
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age related macular degeneration with Juxtafoveal and Subfoveal CNVM: Recurrent CNVM
following PDT and TTT with IVTA. Patient who could not afford PDT, Macugen or
Lucentis which is FDA approved.

- Myopic CNVM, Idiopathic CNVM, Inflammatory CNVM and other conditions associated with
CNVM.

- Refractory macular oedema due to vein occlusion, Pseudophakia, Clinically significant
macular oedema (CSME) etc. that affects vision and does not respond adequately to
usual treatment methods.

- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, non-resolving vitreous haemorrhage with PDR.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with poor compliance

- Patients with uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension or any other medical condition
that increase the risk of complications like recent history of Stroke or myocardial
infraction (< one year). (Physician clearance was obtained for all patients).

- Patients who had undergone major surgery 28 days before, were excluded from the study
and it was also suspended prior to elective surgery.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Age Related Macular Degeneration
Intervention(s)
Drug: bevacizumab
Primary Outcome(s)
Vision change Anatomical changes (Regression of NVE, CNVM, reduction in macular thickness) Electrophysiological changes (ERG, VEP [Time Frame: Yes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Ocular side effects (infection, RD, IOP rise, cataract)
Secondary ID(s)
JN-02-2007-ARVO
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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