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 @ 11:13 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:13 PM
NCT ID:
NCT07269769
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Aged 50 to 85 years old (inclusive of 50 and 85 years old)
2. Meets the Western medical diagnostic criteria for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
3. Meets the TCM syndrome differentiation criteria for Qi-Yin Deficiency with Phlegm-Blood Stasis Intermingling Syndrome
4. The study eye is diagnosed with nAMD and the disease is in the active phase
5. BCVA of the study eye assessed by the ETDRS visual acuity chart ranges from 25 to 78 letters
6. Voluntarily participates in the clinical trial, signs the ICF, and is able to understand and comply with the trial procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
1. The study eye is complicated with pathologic myopia, high myopia, or secondary MNV caused by other definite diseases, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy , retinal artery/vein occlusion , optic neuropathy (optic neuritis, optic atrophy, papilledema), macular hole, acute phase of intraocular inflammation, or other ocular diseases
2. Patients with pure PED in the study eye
3. Patients with subfoveal structural destruction or subfoveal fibrosis/scars/RPE tear/GA in the study eye
4. Patients whose FP of the study eye shows a total macular lesion area \> 9 disc areas (total lesion area is defined as the sum of the areas of MNV, atrophy, scars, and fibrosis); or patients whose FP of the study eye shows a maximum macular hemorrhage area \> 4 disc areas
5. Patients with CRT ≥ 700 μm in the study eye as assessed by OCT
6. Patients with opaque refractive media (e.g., vitreous hemorrhage, cataract) in the study eye precluding adequate visualization of the fundus, or with a history of vitrectomy
7. Patients planning to undergo any intraocular surgery on the study eye during the trial period
8. Patients who received pharmacologic treatment for nAMD within 2 weeks prior to randomization
9. Patients who received intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy on the study eye within 4 months prior to randomization
10. Patients who received photodynamic therapy , laser photocoagulation, macular surgery, transpupillary thermotherapy , or corticosteroid therapy on the study eye within 6 months prior to randomization
11. Patients who underwent any intraocular or periocular surgery (excluding eyelid surgery) on the study eye within 3 months prior to randomization
12. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg while on regular antihypertensive medication)
13. History of major cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases, including but not limited to: ① history of myocardial infarction (MI), coronary angioplasty or bypass surgery, valvular heart disease or valvular repair, clinically significant and treatment-requiring arrhythmia, unstable angina, transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), etc., within 6 months prior to randomization; ② congestive heart failure (CHF) with New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification of Grade Ⅲ or Ⅳ
14. Laboratory test abnormalities as follows: ① platelet count ≤ 100 × 10⁹/L; ② International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≥ 1.5; ③ total bilirubin (TBIL) \> 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN); ④ alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 2.5 × ULN; ⑤ serum creatinine (Scr) \> 1.5 × ULN
15. Patients with severe and unstable diseases of the mental, neurological, respiratory, digestive, renal, metabolic, immune, hematologic, or other systems, as well as malignant tumors, who are assessed by the investigator as unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial
16. Presence of any contraindications listed in the package insert of ranibizumab injection (Lucentis®) or other anti-VEGF injections
17. Suspected allergy to any study drug
18. Pregnant or lactating females; males or females who plan to conceive within 30 days from signing the ICF to the end of the trial, or who cannot use effective contraceptive measures
19. Participation in another interventional clinical trial within 3 months prior to randomization
20. Other reasons deemed unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial by the investigator
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT07269769
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT07269769