LUCAS (Lucentis Compared to Avastin Study)

Launched by OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · May 19, 2010

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ClinConnect Summary

LUCAS (LUcentis Compared to Avastin Study) A randomized, double-blind, prospective multicenter study comparing the effect of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin) to ranibizumab (Lucentis) when given to patients with exudative (wet) age-related macular degeneration in Norway.

Version: 4, Protocol: 166-09, EudraCT: 2008-004225-41

Purpose:

LUCAS is a prospective, randomized, multicenter study comparing the effects of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin) with ranibizumab (Lucentis) when given to patients with exudative (wet) AMD in Norway.

The study will include 420 pa...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Men and women.
• • 2. Age ≥50 years.
• 3. Wet AMD in the study eye, defined as:
• • Not previously treated active choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV), including retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP), with edema involving the fovea as demonstrated with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography (FA). FA shall not be older than 7 days at randomization.
• • Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the study eye 20/25 - 20/320.
• • 4. Only one eye of each study patient may be recruited into the study. If the non-study eye is being treated with intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy, or develops wet AMD, then the same drug being used in the study eye shall be used in the non-study eye. Treatment must be given double-blind in the non-study eye as well.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Previous treatment of CNV in the study eye.
• • 2. Participation in another AMD study, or use of other investigational medicines.
• • 3. Anti-VEGF treatment in the non-study eye during the last 4 weeks.
• • 4. Earlier or current treatment with systemic anti-VEGF drug.
• • 5. Subretinal hemorrhage and/or fibrosis that involves ≥50 percent of the CNV lesion in the study eye.
• • 6. CNV of other pathogenesis, such as pathologic myopia (defined as having a spherical equivalent of \>8 diopters myopia) or Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome (POHS).
• • 7. Presence of retinal diseases other than AMD (diabetic retinopathy, macular hole, etc) that lead to loss of visual acuity in the study eye.
• • 8. Cataract that will presumably require operation within 2 years or other intraocular surgery or laser treatment during the last 3 months.
• • 9. Impaired visualization of the retina (by vitreous hemorrhage, corneal dystrophy, etc.) that may hamper adequate diagnosis.
• • 10. Intraocular pressure ≥25 mm Hg, measured before mydriasis, or uncontrolled glaucoma as evaluated by the examining ophthalmologist.
• • 11. Active uveitis in the study eye or intraocular inflammation after use of Lucentis or Avastin in the non-study eye.
• • 12. Infection in one or both eyes.
• • 13. Premenopausal women who do not use appropriate birth control, or who are nursing.
• • 14. Patients who for mental or physical reasons are unable to comply with the study's procedures,
• • 15. Serious disease where there is a probability of death within the duration of the study.