NCT06847542RecruitingPhase 3
A Study of 36-Week Refill Exchanges of Port Delivery System (PDS) With Ranibizumab in nAMD
A Phase IIIb, Multicenter, Single-arm Study Assessing the Effectiveness, Safety and Patient Reported Outcomes of a 36-week Refill Exchange Regimen for the Port Delivery System With Ranibizumab in Patients With Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and PROs of the port delivery system with ranibizumab 100 milligrams/milliliters (mg/mL) refilled every 36 weeks (Q36W) in participants with nAMD.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 250 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Primary completion date
- 15 Nov 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Diseases
- Macular degeneration
- NCT number
- NCT06847542
- EU CT number
- 2024-516924-32-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 250
- From 27 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 15 Nov 2028
- 65 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior Ocular Treatment
- Study Eye:
- Previous treatment with corticosteroid intravitreal injection
- Previous intraocular device implantation
- Prior participation in a clinical trial involving any experimental therapies for nAMD
- Prior treatment with brolucizumab or gene therapy for nAMD
- Concurrent Ocular Conditions:
- Study Eye:
- Any concurrent intraocular condition that would either require surgical intervention during the study to prevent or treat visual loss that might result from that condition or affect interpretation of study results
- Retinal tears or peripheral retinal breaks on depressed fundus exam that are untreated or treated within 3 months prior to the enrollment visit
- Concurrent Systemic Conditions:
- History of stroke within the last 3 months prior to informed consent
- Atrial fibrillation diagnosed or worsened within the last 3 months prior to informed consent
- History of myocardial infarction (MI) within the last 3 months prior to informed consent
- Chronic use of oral corticosteroids
Other illness
- History of vitreous hemorrhage
- History of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- History of glaucoma-filtering surgery, tube shunts, or microinvasive glaucoma surgery
- History of corneal transplant
- Either Eye:
- History of a severe allergic reaction or anaphylactic reaction to a biologic agent or known hypersensitivity to any component of the ranibizumab injections, study-related procedure preparations (including fluorescein), dilating drops, or any of the anesthetic and antimicrobial preparations used by a participant during the study
- Subretinal hemorrhage that involves the center of the fovea
- Uncontrolled ocular hypertension or glaucoma
- History or presence of severe posterior blepharitis, recurrent chalazia or hordeolum, severe dry eye syndrome, or severe allergic conjunctivitis
- Active or history of facial nerve palsy/paresis
- Fellow (Non-study) Eye:
- \- Non-functioning non-study eye defined as either: BCVA of hand motion or worse OR no physical presence of non-study eye (i.e., monocular)
- Either Eye:
- Any active or history of uveitis
- Active or history of keratitis, scleritis, endophthalmitis, or chronic blepharitis
- Active or history of floppy eyelid syndrome
- Active thyroid eye disease
- Active or history of autoimmune diseases
- Confirmed active systemic infection
- Active cancer within 12 months of enrollment except for appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, and prostate cancer
Lab values
- History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of ranibizumab or placement of the implant and that might affect interpretation of the results of the study
Age
- History of vitrectomy surgery, submacular surgery, or other surgical intervention for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Other
- Macular Neovascularization/Choroidal Neovascularization (MNV/CNV) Lesion Characteristics:
- Study Eye:
- Subfoveal fibrosis or subfoveal atrophy
- Either Eye:
- CNV due to other causes, such as ocular histoplasmosis, trauma, central serous chorioretinopathy, or pathologic myopia
- CNV masquerading lesions
- Subfoveal and/or juxtafoveal retinal pigment epithelial tear
- Active intraocular inflammation
- Aphakia or absence of the posterior capsule
- Trichiasis
- Corneal neuropathy
- Lagophthalmos or incomplete blink
- Suspected or active ocular or periocular infectious conjunctivitis or endophthalmitis
- Uncontrolled blood pressure
- Use of any systemic anti-VEGF agents
Who the study is looking for
- Initial diagnosis of nAMD within 24 months prior to screening
- Previous treatment with at least 3 anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) IVT injections for nAMD per standard of care within 6 months prior to screening
- Demonstrated response to prior anti-VEGF IVT treatment since diagnosis
- Availability of historical VA data obtained at or after nAMD diagnosis and prior to the first anti-VEGF treatment for nAMD
- Availability of historical OCT image data obtained at or after nAMD diagnosis and prior to the first anti-VEGF treatment for nAMD
- BCVA of 34 letters or better using ETDRS chart at a starting distance of 4 meters at screening and enrollment visits
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (65)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Recruiting |
| Johannes Kepler University Linz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Linz | Austria | Recruiting |
| NOE Landesgesundheitsagentur Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mistelbach | Austria | Recruiting |
| Berner Augenklinik Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bern | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Pallas Klinik Olten Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Olten | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Kantonsspital St. Gallen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sankt Gallen | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Oblastni nemocnice Mlada Boleslav, a.s., nemocnice Stredoceskeho kraje Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mladá Boleslav | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ostrava | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Ustredni Vojenska Nemocnice Vojenska Fakultni Nemocnice Praha Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague 6 | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chemnitz | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duesseldorf | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Goettingen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hanover | Germany | Recruiting |
| Rostock University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rostock | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuerzburg | Germany | Recruiting |
| Aarhus Universitet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aarhus N | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Rigshospitalet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glostrup | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario La Paz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Arnau de Vilanova de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Edouard Herriot Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lyon | France | Recruiting |
| Clinique Honoré Cave Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montauban | France | Recruiting |
| Institut Ophtalmologique De l Ouest Jules Verne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nantes | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quize-Vingts Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poitiers | France | Recruiting |
| Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasbourg Cedex | France | Recruiting |
| Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gloucester | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Leicester Royal Infirmary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leicester | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Recruiting |
| University General Hospital Attikon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Recruiting |
| University General Hospital of Heraklion Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heraklion | Greece | Recruiting |
| General University Hospital of Larissa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Larissa | Greece | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Of Ferrara Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ferrara | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo E Carlo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carità Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novara | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palermo | Italy | Recruiting |
| Ospedale Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turin | Italy | Recruiting |
| Kyungpook National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Daegu | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Ajou University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gyeonggi-do | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Boramae Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Korea University Anam Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Withdrawn |
| Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Recruiting |
| Szpital Swietego Lukasza S. A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bielsko-Biala | Poland | Recruiting |
| Oculomedica Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Recruiting |
| OFTALMIKA Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Recruiting |
| Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Szpital Uniwersytecki W Krakowie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Recruiting |
| Mw-Med Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Recruiting |
| Pryzmat Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gliwice | Poland | Recruiting |
| Gabinet Okulistyczny Prof Edward Wylegala Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Katowice | Poland | Recruiting |
| Okręgowy Szpital Kolejowy w Katowicach SPZOZ Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Katowice | Poland | Recruiting |
| Klinika Okulistyczna Jasne Blonia sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lodz | Poland | Recruiting |
| Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 w Lublinie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Recruiting |
| Centrum Diagnostyki i Mikrochirurgii Oka-Lens Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Olsztyn | Poland | Recruiting |
| Rajavithi Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Ramathibodi Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chiang Mai | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Songklanagarind Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Songkhla | Thailand | Recruiting |
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