Study of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in Patients With Central Serous Chorioretinopathy (CSC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01574430 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 10, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 16, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Central Serous Chorioretinopathy | Procedure: PDT | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 131 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-masked, Multicenter, Controlled Study of Photodynamic Therapy in Patients With Central Serous Chorioretinopathy |
Study Start Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: 50% dose PDT
patients in this group was given 50% verteporfin dose PDT
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Procedure: PDT
30% or 50% verteporfin dose PDT was given to patients with CSC
Other Name: photodynamic therapy |
Experimental: 30% dose PDT
patients in this group was given 30% verteporfin dose PDT
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Procedure: PDT
30% or 50% verteporfin dose PDT was given to patients with CSC
Other Name: photodynamic therapy |
- Change from baseline in BCVA [ Time Frame: 1 week,2 weeks,3 weeks,1 month,3months, 6 months, 1 year ]
- Leakage at RPE level in FA [ Time Frame: 1 week ]
- Change from baseline in central retinal thickness [ Time Frame: 1 week,2 weeks,3 weeks,1 month,3months, 6 months, 1 year ]
- The incidence rate of adverse event [ Time Frame: 1 week,2 weeks,3 weeks,1 month,3months, 6 months, 1 year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients with CSC
- patients signed the ICF
- patients with course of CSC less than 6 months
- patients did not undertake any treatment for CSC
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with porphyria
- patients allergic to verteporfin
- pregnant or nursing women
- poor patients compliance
- sever liver dysfunction
- dioptric media opacities which make it difficult to exam fundus

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01574430
China, Beijing | |
People's Hospital of Peking University | |
Beijing, Beijing, China, 100044 |
Study Director: | Mingwei Zhao, M.D | Peking University People's Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Youxin Chen, M.D | Peking Union Medical College | |
Principal Investigator: | Feng Zhang, M.D | Beijing Tongren Hospital of Capital Medical University | |
Principal Investigator: | Hong Dai, M.D | Beijing Hospital | |
Study Chair: | Xiaoxin Li, M.D | Peking University People's Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Mingwei Zhao, Dr., Peking University People's Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01574430 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PDTCSC-CHINA |
First Posted: | April 10, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 16, 2016 |
Last Verified: | August 2016 |
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Retinal Diseases Eye Diseases |