Clinical trial NCT03699618: Anti-VEGF Therapy for Subfoveal Hemorrhage in Patients With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Official title: Anti-VEGF Therapy for Subfoveal Hemorrhage in Patients With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Conditions: Submacular Hemorrhage
Wet Macular Degeneration
Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration
Keywords: NVAMD
Anti-VEGF
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-09
Enrollment: 1
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients who develop subretinal hemorrhage (SRH) involving the fovea secondary to neovascular age-related macular degeneration will be enrolled in the study.

Brief summary: This study will define the limits of subretinal hemorrhage parameters that are consistent with a good visual outcome with aggressive anti-VEGF treatment in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD).

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to define the limits of subretinal hemorrhage parameters that are consistent with a good visual outcome with aggressive anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment, thereby providing guidance as to when it is reasonable to treat with anti-VEGF and when it is necessary to displace the hemorrhage in addition to treating with anti-VEGF.

This is a prospective study that will enroll 98 patients with subretinal hemorrhage in the fovea \[also known as subfoveal hemorrhage (SFH)\] secondary to neovascular AMD at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Downtown campus and all other Eye Care Network clinics). The primary endpoint is at month 12 and the secondary endpoint is at month 24. The duration of the study is 24 months.

Study visits will include a baseline visit, then monthly visits for 12 months, followed by standard care treatment visits in the second year until month 24. The patients will be stratified into two groups based on standard of care management: 1. Patients receiving intravitreal (IVT) anti-VEGF injections; 2. Patients undergoing SFH displacement followed by IVT anti-VEGF injections. Patients will receive monthly anti-VEGF injection for 12 months, followed by anti-VEGF at standard of care treatment interval during months 12-24; or SFH displacement (at investigators' discretion) followed by monthly IVT anti-VEGF injections for 12 months, and standard of care treatment interval during months 12-24.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Signed informed consent and authorization of use and disclosure of protected health information
* Age 50 years or older
* Presence of subretinal hemorrhage (SRH) involving the fovea in patients with NVAMD including polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV)

Exclusion Criteria:

* SFH in the study eye due to causes other than NVAMD
* Media opacity due to concurrent vitreous hemorrhage or cataracts that preclude adequate imaging
* Substantial loss of VA due to condition other than AMD
* Limited visual potential from substantial atrophy or fibrosis in fovea
* Poor visual potential with known permanent reduction in visual acuity prior to SFH

Primary outcomes:
measure: Correlation between hemorrhage characteristics and good visual outcome at month 12
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Correlation between hemorrhage characteristics and visual acuity at month 12
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Correlation between hemorrhage characteristics and visual acuity at month 24
timeFrame: 24 months
measure: Correlation between hemorrhage characteristics and good visual outcome at month 24
timeFrame: 24 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Wilmer Eye Institute
name: Peter Campochiaro, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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