Ranibizumab for the Inhibition of Neovascularization in Pterygia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The primary purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ranibizumab given via subconjunctival injection in patients undergoing pterygium surgery.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; University of Miami
• Treatments: Ranibizumab

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects will be eligible if the following criteria are met:

• Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with study assessments for the full duration of the study

• Age > 18 years

• Patient related considerations: All patients of both genders will be considered for enrollment.

• Disease related considerations:

• Patients with pterygia will be considered for enrollment if the pterygium meets standard pterygium excision criteria including encroachment into the visual axis

• severe induced astigmatism

• foreign body sensation unresponsive to medical therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from this study:

• Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test)

• Women seeking to become pregnant

• Lactating women

• Prior enrollment in the study

• Prior glaucoma surgery in the region of the pterygium

• Any other condition that the investigator believes would pose a significant hazard to the subject if the investigational therapy were initiated

• Participation in another simultaneous medical investigation or trial