NCT04770545CompletedPhase 3
An Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Pegcetacoplan (APL-2) in Subjects With Geographic Atrophy Secondary to AMD
A Phase 3, Open-Label, Multicenter, Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Pegcetacoplan in Subjects With Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a phase 3, open-label, multicenter, extension study to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of pegcetacoplan (APL-2) in subjects with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who participated in Study APL2-103 (NCT03777332) or completed the treatment at Month 24 of either Study APL2-303 (Derby, NCT03525613) or Study APL2-304 (Oaks, NCT03525600).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 792 (actual)
- First submitted
- 23 Feb 2021
- Start date
- 4 Mar 2021
- Primary completion date
- 5 Sept 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Diseases
- Macular degeneration
- NCT number
- NCT04770545
- EU CT number
- 2024-512945-18-00
- EudraCT number
- 2020-002931-32
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 792
- From 4 Mar 2021 to the primary completion date, 5 Sept 2025
- 173 sites in 15 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Participants in APL2 303/304 studies who fully stopped study drug treatment before the visit in month 24 but remain in the study to observe the study medication's safety. Those subjects who temporarily paused study drug treatment are still eligible to participate.
- If, according to your doctor you currently have any inflammation/infection in or around your eyes that could prohibit you from receiving an injection inside your eyes.
Other illness
- Subjects cannot take part in the study if the eye that will be treated during the study currently meets any of the following conditions:
- If, according to your doctor you currently have any disease affecting your eyes that could interfere with your vision, including diseases that affect your retina or macula (the center of the back of your eyes). And, if according to your doctor, the disease in your eyes is benign and does not interfere with the study (e.g. diseases that affects the periphery of the retina), you are also eligible to take part in the study.
- If, according to your doctor, any current disease that could directly interfere in your participation in the study or that could make it difficult for you to come to the scheduled visits during the next three years over the next 36 months.
Lab values
- If you have known allergies to fluorescein sodium, a solution that is injected into your body for eye testing; or to pegcetacoplan (the study drug) or any inactive substances in pegcetacoplan solution.
Other
- If you currently are pregnant, breastfeed or have a positive pregnancy test.
Who the study is looking for
- Participants are eligible to be included in the study only if all of the following criteria apply:
- Ocular-specific inclusion criteria apply to the study eye only.
- Subjects must have participated in APL2-103 (NCT03777332) or completed the treatment at Month 24 of either APL2-303 (Derby, NCT03525613) or APL2-304 (Oaks, NCT03525600).
- For subjects who participated in either the 303 or 304 studies, the condition listed below must also be met for participating in this study.
- Subjects who did not fully stop study drug treatment, but missed the visit at Month 24, can also participate in the study. However, to participate, subjects must be seen within 60 days from the last day of the period allowed for the 24 months visit in the previous study.
- The eyes of subjects must have transparency to permit visualization of parts inside the eye such as the retina and subjects must be able to look steadily at a provided target allowing the doctor to get good quality pictures from the eye.
- Female subjects must be:
- Women that cannot have children, or
- Women who can have children must have a negative result of a blood pregnancy test on the first day of the study visit and agree to use ways to avoid pregnancy during the study and 90 days after the last dose of the study medication.
- Males with female partners who can get pregnant must also agree to use ways to avoid pregnancy and agree not to donate sperm while in the study or until 90 days after administering the last dose of the study medication.
- Agree to participate in the study by signing the consent document providing information about the study; and take part in all tests and assessments as required.
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (173)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centro Oftalmologico Dr. Charles S.A Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Organización Médica de Investigación (OMI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Fundacion Zambrano Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Diagnostico Ocular Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Oftalmologico de Cordoba Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Oftar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mendoza | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Microcirujia Ocular Rosario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Oftalmologos Especialistas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Fe | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centre for Eye Research Australia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | East Melbourne | Australia | Unknown status |
| Retina and Eye Consultantss Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hurstville | Australia | Unknown status |
| Lions Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nedlands | Australia | Unknown status |
| Marsden Eye Specialist Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Parramatta | Australia | Unknown status |
| Strathfield Retina Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strathfield | Australia | Unknown status |
| Sydney Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sydney | Australia | Unknown status |
| The Ashley Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Unknown status |
| Save Sight Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Unknown status |
| IPEPO Instituto Da Visao Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Ivey Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| Retina Centre of Ottawa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| University of Ottawa Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ostrava | Czechia | Completed |
| Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Completed |
| Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Completed |
| Axon Clinical s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague 5 | Czechia | Completed |
| Gemini oční klinika a.s. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zlin | Czechia | Completed |
| Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bonn | Germany | Completed |
| Medical Center- University of Freiburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Completed |
| University Clinic Of Goettingen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Göttingen | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Koeln Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Köln | Germany | Completed |
| University Clinic Schleswig Holstein Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lübeck | Germany | Completed |
| Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ludwigshafen Am Rhein | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Muenster AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muenster | Germany | Completed |
| Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | München | Germany | Completed |
| Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munich | Germany | Completed |
| Augenzentrum Am St Franziskus-Hospital Muenster Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munster | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Regensburg | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tuebingen | Germany | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Majadahonda | Spain | Completed |
| Instituto Oftalmologico Gomez-Ulla S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago De Compostela | Spain | Completed |
| Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Completed |
| Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Creteil Cedex | France | Completed |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dijon | France | Completed |
| Pole Vision Val d'Ouest Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Écully | France | Completed |
| Hopital De La Croix-Rousse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lyon Cedex 04 | France | Completed |
| Centre Monticelli Paradis d'Ophtalmologie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Completed |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nantes | France | Completed |
| Societe Civile De Moyens Des Docteurs Maury-Francais-Coscas-Favard-Krivosic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Completed |
| Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Completed |
| Theorie Etudes Organisation Recherche En Retine Medicale S.A.R.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Completed |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris Cedex 10 | France | Completed |
| Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire | France | Completed |
| Ophtalmologie Maison Rouge S.C.M. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasbourg | France | Completed |
| Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasbourg Cedex | France | Completed |
| Bristol Eye Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bristol | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Huddersfield | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| St James's University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leeds | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Royal Liverpool University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liverpool | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| London Vision Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Oxford Eye Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oxford | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Sunderland Eye Infirmary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sunderland | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Assaf ha Rofeh MC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Be’er Ya‘aqov | Israel | Unknown status |
| Rambam Health Care Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Unknown status |
| Hadassah medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Unknown status |
| Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| Stichting Amsterdam UMC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Completed |
| Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum (Radboudumc) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nijmegen | Netherlands | Completed |
| Southern Eye Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Christchurch | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| Hamilton Eye Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| Oculomedica Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Completed |
| OFTALMIKA Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Completed |
| Ośrodek Chirurgii Oka Prof. Zagórskiego Sp. Z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rzeszów | Poland | Completed |
| Centrum Medyczne Uno-Med Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tarnow | Poland | Completed |
| Vision Research Center Eye Associates of NM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Unknown status |
| Michigan Medicine Kellogg Eye Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Unknown status |
| Western Carolina Retinal Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asheville | United States | Unknown status |
| Southeast Retina Center, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Augusta | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Research Center PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Unknown status |
| California Retina Consultants Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bakersfield | United States | Unknown status |
| Elman Retina Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| The Retina Care Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Brown Retina Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bellaire | United States | Unknown status |
| Vitreoretinal Associates of Washington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bellevue | United States | Unknown status |
| Mid Atlantic Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethlehem | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Center of NJ, LLC. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloomfield | United States | Unknown status |
| Gailey Eye Clinic Retina Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloomington | United States | Unknown status |
| Tufts Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boynton Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Retinal Diagnostic Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Campbell | United States | Unknown status |
| Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates, PS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charlotte | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Virginia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charlottesville | United States | Unknown status |
| The Retina Group of Washington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chevy Chase | United States | Unknown status |
| Rush University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Blue Ocean Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clearwater | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of Cleveland, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of Cleveland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| The Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Retina Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Danbury | United States | Unknown status |
| Southwest Retina Research Center, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durango | United States | Unknown status |
| Duke University, Duke Eye Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Vitreous Center, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmond | United States | Unknown status |
| The Retina Partners Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Encino | United States | Unknown status |
| Oregon Retina LLP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Eugene | United States | Unknown status |
| The Retina Group of Washington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fairfax | United States | Unknown status |
| Emerson Clinical Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Falls Church | United States | Unknown status |
| Pinnacle Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Unknown status |
| National Ophthalmic Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Myers | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Myers | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Consultants of Orange County Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fullerton | United States | Unknown status |
| Charles Retina Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Germantown | United States | Unknown status |
| Associated Retinal Consultants, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grand Rapids | United States | Unknown status |
| Long Island Vitreoretinal Consultants Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Great Neck | United States | Unknown status |
| Mid Atlantic Retina Specialist Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hagerstown | United States | Unknown status |
| Cumberland Valley Retina Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hagerstown | United States | Unknown status |
| Graystone Eye Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hickory | United States | Unknown status |
| Houston Eye Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Consultants of Houston PA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Atlantis Eyecare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Huntington Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| Midwest Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Jacobs Retina Center, UCSD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina and Vitreous Associates of Kentucky, PSC dba Retina Associates of Kentucky Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lexington | United States | Unknown status |
| Doheny Eye Center UCLA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Unknown status |
| Georgia Retina PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marietta | United States | Unknown status |
| Valley Retina Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | McAllen | United States | Unknown status |
| Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Vitreoretinal Surgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Vitreous Consultants Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monroeville | United States | Unknown status |
| Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mountain View | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of Utah, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murray | United States | Unknown status |
| Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Naples Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Retina, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oceanside | United States | Unknown status |
| Palm Beach Gardens Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palm Beach Gardens | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Institute of California Medical Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palm Desert | United States | Unknown status |
| Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Specialty Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pensacola | United States | Unknown status |
| Mid Atlantic Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| Associated Retina Consultants, Ltd. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Retinal Research Institute, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Eye Associates of Pinellas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pinellas Park | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Northwest, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| Eye Health Northwest Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Consultants San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poway | United States | Unknown status |
| Black Hills Regional Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rapid City | United States | Unknown status |
| Sierra Eye Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Reno | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Utah - John A. Moran Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of South Texas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Orange County Retina Medical Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Ana | United States | Unknown status |
| California Retina Consultants Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Barbara | United States | Unknown status |
| Spokane Eye Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Spokane | United States | Unknown status |
| New England Retina Consultants, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Springfield | United States | Unknown status |
| East Florida Eye Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stuart | United States | Unknown status |
| University of South Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| NJ Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Teaneck | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Consultants of Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Woodlands | United States | Unknown status |
| NJ Retina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toms River | United States | Unknown status |
| Associated Retinal Consultants, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Traverse City | United States | Unknown status |
| Bay Area Retina Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Walnut Creek | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Group of New England - New London Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Waterford | United States | Unknown status |
| AIO Visionary Eye Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Mifflin | United States | Unknown status |
| Center for Retina and Macular Disease Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winter Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| Retina Associates of Cleveland, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Youngstown | United States | Unknown status |
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