Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:16 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:16 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01694095
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Both sexes
* 50 years of age or older
* Uni or bilateral areas of geographic atrophy in the macula (as defined as areas devoid of retinal pigment epithelium measuring at least 0.5 disk areas on a 35º fundus photograph centered on field 2) secondary to age-related macular degeneration
* Willing to provide Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Other causes of geographic atrophy aside from age-related macular degeneration (ie, drug induced, central serous chorioretinopathy)
* Prior history of wet age-related macular degeneration
* Other significant concomitant macular diseases (ie, significant epiretinal membrane, stage II-IV macular hole)
* Previous treatment with macular laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, antiangiogenic drugs or other treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration
* Intraocular surgery aside from phacoemulsification
* Inability to measure the full extent of the area of atrophy on a 35º fundus autofluorescence image centered on field 2
* Areas of geographic atrophy in direct contact with peripapillary areas of atrophy
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT01694095
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01694095