Clinical trialNCT02569892CompletedInterventional

Non-Damaging Photothermal Therapy of Non-exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration

SponsorStanford UniversityEnrollment19Macular DegenerationRetinal Drusen

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Summary

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This is a randomized controlled study of non-damaging photothermal macular grid laser versus sham laser therapy in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and large high-risk drusen. The goal of the study is to determine if this treatment will reduce macular drusen volume and also whether this might improve visual acuity or reduce the risk of conversion to advanced age-related macular degeneration defined as development of choroidal neovascularization or geographic atrophy.

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Investigators

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Steven Sanislo, MD
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 1 Sept 2016
Primary completion: 1 Feb 2020
Completion: 25 Jan 2021
Last update posted: 28 Oct 2021
Registered enrollment: 19
Registry id: NCT02569892

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