QA108 Phase II Study in Subjects With Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Prior treatment

• The study eye is with concomitant eye disorders that may interfere with the observation of the trial as judged by the investigator, including pathological myopia, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, uveitis, retinal detachment, optic neuropathy (optic neuritis, atrophy, papilledema), and macular hole;
• Previous ophthalmic surgery in the study eye: vitrectomy, macular translocation;
• Aphakia (except pseudophakia) or posterior capsule rupture (except YAG laser posterior capsulotomy after IOL implantation at more than 1 month prior to screening) of the study eye;
• Any intraocular or periocular surgery of the study eye and intraocular surgery (except eyelid surgery) of the non-study eye within 3 months;
• The study eye is diagnosed with cataract affecting fundus observation, which may require cataract surgery within 6 months at the discretion of the investigator;
• The study eye has received the following treatment within 3 months prior to screening: macular laser photocoagulation and micro-pulse laser therapy;
• The patient received relevant TCM treatment within 1 month prior to screening;
• Pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding, those who plan for pregnancy in the next six months, or those who are unwilling to take effective birth controls during the study course and until six months after drug withdrawal;
• Any uncontrollable clinical disorder prior to the start of treatment, such as severe psychiatric, neurological, respiratory, immunological, hematological, and cardiac system diseases, and malignant tumors;
• Subjects who have participated in other clinical trials within 3 months prior to this trial;

Other illness

• Active ocular infection in either eye;
• Known allergy to the therapeutic or diagnostic drug used in the study protocol, including the single drug components in the study drugs;
• Poorly controlled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg after regular use of antihypertensive drugs);

Lab values

• Patients with platelet count ≤ 100 × 109/L, total bilirubin (TBIL) \> upper limit of normal (ULN), alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 1.5 × ULN, and blood creatinine \> ULN;

Other

• The study eye has an intraocular pressure (IOP) ≥ 25 mmHg;
• The study eye is presented with GA;
• The non-study eye has a BCVA of less than 19 ETDRS letters (not inclusive);
• Patients who are unsuitable for participating at the discretion of the investigator.

• The study eye is diagnosed by western medicine with intermediate age-related macular degeneration, i.e., at least one large drusen (≥ 125 μm in diameter) is visible within two papillary diameters (PD) away from the fovea;
• Consistent with the TCM diagnosis of type of Yang-hyperactivity due to Yin-deficiency;
• Age 45 to 85 years old (both inclusive), male or female;
• The study eye has a BCVA of 83-34 ETDRS letters (inclusive), which is equivalent to a Snellen visual acuity of 20/25 to 20/200 (inclusive);
• The subject is voluntary to participate in this clinical study, provide informed consent, and sign the informed consent form.