This is a randomized, open-label, interventional, controlled study to determine the effects of Zaltrap on Neovascularized Wet Macular Degeneration as compared to the control anti-vascular endothelial growth factor ("anti-VEGF") injections (bevacizumab, ranibizumab, or aflibercept).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
62
Anti-VEGF injection
Anti-VEGF standard of care injection
Wagner Macula & Retina Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Efficacy of study drug measured by change in best corrected visual acuity
Change in Snellen equivalent letters from baseline to end of study
Time frame: 18 months
Efficacy of study measured by change in central foveal thickness
Change in microns of macular thickness as assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography ("OCT") from baseline to end of study
Time frame: 18 months
Safety of study drug as measured by number of adverse events related to study drug
adverse events, serious adverse events reported causal to drug
Time frame: 2.5 years
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