New eye drug trial aims to save sight in Hard-to-Treat AMD

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: \[General\] * Signed Informed Consent Form * Age \> 50 years at the time of signing Informed Consent Form * Participants who are able to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment * For female participants of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraception (will be defined in details in protocol) \[Ocular\] * BCVA that is equal or higher than 24 Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study letters on Screening Day/ Day 0. * Confirmed diagnosis, by the investigator, of symptomatic type 3 neovascularization based on sufficiently clear ocular media and adequate pupillary dilatation allowing acquisition of good quality retinal images for confirmation. * Treatment naive participants Exclusion Criteria: \[General\] * Treatment with investigational therapy (device, drug, or traditional medicine with the exception of vitamins and minerals) within 3 months prior to initiation of study treatment on study Day 1 * Any major illness or major surgical procedure within 1 month before screening * Active cancer within the 12 months prior to study Day 1 except for appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, and prostate cancer with a Gleason score of \< 6 (Grade Group of 1) and a stable prostate-specific antigen for \>12 months * Continuous use of any medications and treatments (which will be indicated in the Prohibited Therapy section in protocol) * Systemic treatment for suspected or active systemic infection on study Day 1 * Uncontrolled blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure \> 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \> 100 mmHg while the participant is at rest on study Day 1 * History of stroke (cerebral vascular accident) or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study Day 1 * History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or historical or current clinical laboratory findings giving reasonable suspicion of a condition that contraindicates the use of the investigational drug or that might affect interpretation of the results of the study or renders the participant at high risk for treatment complications in the opinion of the investigator * History of severe allergic reaction or anaphylactic reaction to a biologic agent or known hypersensitivity to any component of the faricimab injection, study-related procedure preparations (including fluorescein and indocyanine green dyes), dilating drops, or any of the anesthetic and antimicrobial preparations used by a participant during the study * Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention of becoming pregnant during the study or within 28 days after the final dose of faricimab \[Ocular\] * Significant media opacities, including cataract, in the study eye that might interfere with visual acuity, assessment of safety, or fundus photography. * Any concurrent ocular condition in the study eye which, in the opinion of the investigator, could either increase the risk to the patient beyond what is to be expected from standard procedures of intraocular injection, or which otherwise may interfere with the injection procedure or with evaluation of efficacy or safety. Any ocular or periocular infection within the last 2 weeks prior to Screening in either eye. * Any history of uveitis in either eye. * Presence of definite chorioretional anastomosis * Subretinal hemorrhage that is either 50% or more of the total lesion area, or if the blood is under the fovea and is 1 or more disc areas in size in the study eye. (If the blood is under the fovea, then the fovea must be surrounded 270 degrees by visible macular neovascularization.) * Scar or fibrosis, making up \> 50% of total lesion in the study eye. * Scar, fibrosis, or atrophy involving the center of the fovea in the study eye. * Presence of retinal pigment epithelial tears or rips involving the macula in the study eye. * History or clinical evidence of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema or any other vascular disease affecting the retina, other than AMD, in either eye. * Any concurrent intraocular condition in the study eye (e.g. cataract) that, in the opinion of the investigator, could require either medical or surgical intervention during the 76 week study period. * Prior vitrectomy in the study eye * Any history of macular hole of stage 2 and above in the study eye. * Any intraocular or periocular surgery within 3 months of Day 1 on the study eye, except lid surgery, which may not have taken place within 1 month of day 1, as long as it's unlikely to interfere with the injection. * Prior trabeculectomy or other filtration surgery in the study eye. * Uncontrolled glaucoma (defined as intraocular pressure ≥ 25 mmHg despite treatment with antiglaucoma medication) in the study eye. * Active intraocular inflammation in either eye. * Active ocular or periocular infection in either eye. * Aphakia or pseudophakia with absence of posterior capsule (unless it occurred as a result of an yttrium aluminum garnet \[YAG\] posterior capsulotomy) in the study eye.