Status:

COMPLETED

LOC387715/HTRA1 and the Combined Photodynamic Therapy With Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Lead Sponsor:

Kyungpook National University Hospital

Conditions:

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Eligibility:

All Genders

60-80 years

Brief Summary

This study is to investigate whether there is an association of the LOC387715/HTRA1 variants with response to treatment with combined photodynamic therapy and intravitreal bevacizumab for patients wit...

Detailed Description

This is a retrospective cohort study comprised of 70 eyes being treated for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy with combined photodynamic therapy and intravitreal bevacizumab injections. Patients were ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients older than 60 years of age at onset
  • polyp-like terminal aneurysmal dilations with or without branching vascular networks in indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and subretinal reddish-orange protrusions corresponding to polyp-like lesions
  • patients who had combined photodynamic therapy and intravitreal bevacizumab injections, and followed up for more than 12 months after the first treatment

Exclusion

  • patients with retinal or choroidal diseases including pathologic myopia, angioid streaks, idiopathic choroidal neovascularization (CNV), presumed ocular histoplasmosis, and other secondary CNV
  • patients who refused genotypic analyses

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01233115

Start Date

October 1 2010

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

August 30 2011

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In Taek Kim

Daegu, Kyungsangpookdo, South Korea, 700-721