An Open Label Study to Evaluate the Effect of Intravitreal Ranibizumab on Radiation Retinopathy Following Plaque Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma
Following plaque brachytherapy as treatment for choroidal melanoma, patients may develop
radiation retinopathy. Radiation retinopathy is a progressive condition that leads to
blindness in over 50% of cases within 5 years of treatment.
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein is believed to play a critical role in
angiogenesis and radiation retinopathy. It is one of the key contributors to physiological
or pathological conditions that can stimulate both the formation of new blood vessels and
normal vessel incompetence. Ranibizumab is a recently approved vascular endothelial growth
factor (VEGF) inhibitor shown to be effective in treating exudative macular degeneration.
Ranibizumab binds to and inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), which has
been shown to cause neovascularization and leakage in models of ocular angiogenesis.
This is an open label, non-randomized active treatment, Phase I trial to assess the safety
and tolerability of intravitreal ranibizumab and its ability to reduce radiation retinopathy
and potentially limit vision loss associated with this disease.
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To test the safety and tolerability of intravitreal ranibizumab in the treatment of radiation retinopathy associated with plaque brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma
12 months
Yes
Paul T Finger, MD
Principal Investigator
The New York Eye Cancer Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
FVF4519s
NCT00750399
October 2008
September 2011
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The New York Eye Cancer Center | New York, New York 10021 |