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CTRI Number  CTRI/2008/091/000087 [Registered on: 19/06/2008]
Last Modified On: 05/08/2013
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study
Modification(s)  
Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Trap-Eye: Investigation of Efficacy and Safety in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (VIEW 2)  
Scientific Title of Study   A randomized, double masked, active controlled, phase 3 study of the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of repeated doses of intravitreal VEGF Trap-Eye in subjects with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
2007-000583-25  EudraCT 
NCT00637377  ClinicalTrials.gov 
Organisation ID:De-05113  Other 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name   
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address 

Not Applicable
N/A

India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email    
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr. Manish Garg 
Designation   
Affiliation  Country Medical Director India 
Address  Bayer Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
Kolshet Road
Thane
MAHARASHTRA
400607
India 
Phone  02225311448  
Fax  02225455080  
Email  manish.garg@bayer.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr. Manish Garg 
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address  Bayer Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
Kolshet Road
Thane
MAHARASHTRA
400607
India 
Phone  02225311448  
Fax  02225455080  
Email  manish.garg@bayer.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Bayer Schering Pharma AG 
 
Primary Sponsor
Modification(s)  
Name  Bayer 
Address  Bayer Healthcare AG 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NA   
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 15  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr.S.Natarajan  Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital  Wadala,-400 031
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
+91-22-24177600
+ 91-22-24177630
drdarshanag@yahoo.co.in 
Dr.Amod Gupta  Advance Eye Center  PGIMR,-160012
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH 
+91-172 -2747837
+91-172 -2747837
eyepgi@sify.com 
Dr. Narendran VenKatapathy  Aravind Eye Hospital  Avinashi Road,-641014
Coimbatore
TAMIL NADU 
+91-422-5360400
+91-422-2593030
narendran@cbe.aravind.org 
Dr.R.D Ravindran  Aravind Eye Hospital  Abhisega Pakkam Road,Tavalai Kuppam Junction, CuddaloreRoad-605007
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
+91-413- 2619100
+91-413- 2618848
rdr@pondy.aravind.org 
Dr.R.Kim  Aravind Eye Hospital  Anna Nagar,-625020
Madurai
TAMIL NADU 
+91-452-4356102
+91-452-2530984
kim@aravind.org 
Dr. Manisha Agarwal  Dr. Shroff?s Charity Eye Hospital  5027, Kedar Nath Road, ,Daryaganj-110002.
New Delhi
DELHI 
011-43524444
011-43528816
sceh@sceh.net 
Dr.S.P Garg  Dr.R.P Center for Ophthalmic Sciences  Ansari Nagar,AllMS-110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
+91-11-26589380
+91-11-26589380
dr_spgarg@yahoo.co.in 
Dr. Raja Narayan  L.V. Prasad Eye Institute  L.V. Prasad Marg,Banjara Hills-500 034
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
+91-40-30612345
+ 91-40-23 548271
narayanan@lvpei.org 
Dr. Tara Prasad Das  L.V. Prasad Eye Institute  ,-

 
+91-674-3207018
+91-674-3987130
tpd@bei-lvpei.org 
Dr.Thomas Cherian  Little Flower Hospital Trust  P.B No.-23,-683572

 
+91 484 2452546
+91 484 2452646
tcherian@rediffmail.com 
Dr. Bhargava Natesh  Narayana Netralaya  121/C, Chord Road,Rajaji Nagar,1st R- Block-560010
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
+91-80-23225102
+91-80-23377329
sribhargava.natesh@gmail.com 
Dr.Himadri Datta  Regional Institute Of Ophthalmlogy  Medical College,88 college street-700073
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
+91-33-22190954
+91-33-22190954
himadreedatta@yahoo.com 
Dr.Manish Nagpal  Retina Foundation  Near underbridge,Shahibag-380009
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
+91 79 65422199
+91 79 22866381
drmanishnagpal@yahoo.com 
Dr. Rahul Ashok Shroff  Shroff Eye Hospital  222 S.V. Road,Bandra (west)-400050
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
0222811863
0222812751
shroffeye@vsnl.com 
Dr. Tarun Sharma  Vision Research Foundation  Shankar Netralaya 18,College Road-600 006
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
+91-44- 28271616
+91-44- 28254180
dr.taruns@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 13  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Ethics Committee, Wadala, Mumbai  Approved 
Ethics Committee, All India Institute of Medical Science, NewDelhi 110029  Approved 
Ethics Committee, Little Flower Clinical Ethics Committee, Angamaly, Kerala  Approved 
Ethics Sub-Committee, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai,600006   Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore-560010  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, PostGraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Chandigarh, India  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee,Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata 700073  Approved 
Institutional Review Board, Arvind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai 625020, Tamil Nadu for Dr. Narendran Venkatapathy  Approved 
Institutional Review Board, Arvind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai 625020, Tamil Nadu for Dr. R.D Ravindran  Approved 
Institutional Review Board, Arvind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai 625020, Tamil Nadu for Dr. R.Kim   Approved 
L.V. Prasad Eye Ethics Committee for Dr. Raja Narayanan  Approved 
L.V. Prasad Eye Ethics Committee for Dr. Tara Prasad Das  Approved 
Retina Foundation Institutional Review Board, Gujarat  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Macular Degeneration,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Ranibizumab  0.5 mg administered every 4 weeks during the first year. Thereafter a dose may be administered as frequently as every 4 weeks, but no less frequently than every 12 weeks. 
Intervention  VEGF Trap-Eye   0.5 mg VEGF Trap-Eye administered every 4 weeks during the first year. Thereafter a dose may be administered as frequently as every 4 weeks, but no less frequently than every 12 weeks 
Intervention  VEGF Trap-Eye   2.0 mg VEGF Trap-Eye administered every 4 weeks during the first year. Thereafter a dose may be administered as frequently as every 4 weeks, but no less frequently than every 12 weeks. 
Intervention  VEGF Trap-Eye   2.0 mg VEGF Trap-Eye administered every 8 weeks (including one additional 2,0 mg dose at Week 4) during the first year. Thereafter a dose may be administered as frequently as every 4 weeks, but no less frequently than every 12 weeks. 
 
Inclusion Criteria
Modification(s)  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  50.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Inclusion Criteria:
-Signed informed consent.
-Men and women ≥ 50 years of age.
-Active primary or recurrent subfoveal CNV lesions secondary to AMD, including juxtafoveal lesions that affect the fovea as evidenced by FA in the study eye.
-ETDRS best-corrected visual acuity of: 20/40 to 20/320 (letter score of 73 to 25) in the study eye at 4 meters.
-Willing, committed, and able to return for ALL clinic visits and complete all study-related procedures.
-Able to read, (or, if unable to read due to visual impairment, be read to verbatim by the person administering the informed consent or a family member) understand and willing to sign the
informed consent form. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Exclusion Criteria: -Any prior ocular (in the study eye) or systemic treatment or surgery for neovascular AMD, except dietary supplements or vitamins. -Any prior or concomitant therapy with another investigational agent to treat neovascular AMD in the study eye. -Any prior treatment with anti-VEGF agents in the study eye. -Total lesion size >12 disc areas (30.5 mm², including blood, scars and neovascularization) as assessed by FA in the study eye. -Subretinal hemorrhages that is either 50% or more of the total lesion area, or if the blood is under the fovea and is 1 or more disc areas in size in the study eye (if the blood is under the fovea, then the fovea must be surrounded by 270 degrees by visible CNV). -Scar or fibrosis making up >50% of the total lesion in the study eye. -Scar, fibrosis, or atrophy involving the center of the fovea in the study eye. - Presence of retinal pigment epithelial tears or rips involving the macula in the study eye. -History of any vitreous hemorrhage within 4 weeks prior to Visit 1 in the study eye. -Presence of other causes of CNV in the study eye. -Prior vitrectomy in the study eye. -History of retinal detachment or treatment or surgery for retinal detachment in the study eye. -Any history of macular hole of stage 2 and above in the study eye. -Any intraocular or periocular surgery within 3 months of Day 1 on the study eye, except lid surgery, which may not have taken place within 1 month of Day 1, as long as it is unlikely to interfere with the injection. -History or clinical evidence of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema or any retinal vascular disease other than AMD in either eye. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence    
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The proportion of subjects who maintain vision at Week 52, where a subject is classified as maintaining vision if the subject has lost fewer than 15 letters on the ETDRS chart compared to baseline (ie, prevention of moderate vision loss)  52 Weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Mean change from baseline in CNV area at Week 52 [ Time Frame: week 52   52 Weeks 
The proportion of subjects who gain at least 15 letters of vision at Week 52  52 Weeks 
Mean change from baseline in total NEI VFQ-25 score at Week 52  52 Weeks 
Mean change from baseline in BCVA as measured by ETDRS letter score at Week 52   52 Weeks 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="0"
Sample Size from India="" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  04/01/2008 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years=""
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)   
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary   This study is a phase III, double-masked, randomized, study of the efficacy and safety of VEGF Trap-Eye in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Approximately 1200 patients will be randomized in Europe, Asia, Japan, Australia and South America. (FPFV in India: 25.05.2008) 
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