Overview

Lucentis Versus Mitomycin C During Glaucoma Surgery

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Does a new add on (or adjunctive) therapy used in glaucoma surgery improve the success of trabeculectomy? Ranibizumab may offer benefit similar to mitomycin C in preventing epi-scleral fibrosis while avoiding the well known complications of mytomycin C which include late bleb leaks, hypotony and infection.
Phase:
Phase 2/Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Wills Eye
Collaborators:
Genentech, Inc.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Treatments:
Mitomycin
Mitomycins
Ranibizumab