Can At-Home eye scans personalize wet AMD treatment?
NCT ID NCT07744984
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a home eye-scanning device can improve care for people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who are switching to the medication faricimab. Participants will scan their own retinas at home several times a week, and the images will be sent to their doctors for review. The goal is to see if this frequent monitoring helps detect changes sooner and supports more personalized treatment decisions, potentially extending the time between injections.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- faricimab (an anti-VEGF eye injection) plus a home optical coherence tomography (OCT) device for self-imaging
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that home eye scans help doctors adjust wet AMD treatment faster and more precisely, potentially leading to better vision outcomes and fewer clinic visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small study (12 people) and early-stage, so results may not apply broadly. The home device requires regular self-imaging, which may be challenging, and faricimab may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study will include up to 20 patients diagnosed with nvAMD who received at least 3 consecutive anti VEGF injections without showing a treatment response, as confirmed by a retina specialist, and who are being transitioned to treatment with Faricimab per the discretion of their treating retina specialist. All patients in the study will sign a consent form.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients at least 55 years of age. * Visual Acuity of 20/320 or better in the study eye. * Diagnosis of active nvAMD that was treated with at least 3 consecutive anti-VEGF injections. * Patients are meeting the standard care criteria to switch to a second line drug. * Patients are able and willing to conduct daily OCT self-imaging at home for the duration of the study. * Patient signing a consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with any other retinal disease in the study eye requiring steroidal or anti-VEGF injections (anti-VEGF injections during the study period must be for nvAMD). * Any concurrent ocular condition precluding acquisition of OCT images (eg, severe blepharoptosis, corneal opacification, cataract etc) in the study eye
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, Israel, 4941492, Israel
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