Can bevacizumab eye injections hold up over years of Real-World use?
NCT ID NCT03211741
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers at a Belgian hospital are tracking how well bevacizumab eye injections work and how safe they stay over the long term in adults with abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina or macular edema. The study follows 583 participants who receive the drug directly into the eye. Doctors regularly check vision, eye pressure, retinal thickness, and side effects to compare real-world results with those from earlier controlled trials.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bevacizumab, a drug given as an injection into the eye
- What this could lead to
- If the approach holds up, doctors could gain clearer guidance on how well bevacizumab eye injections work and stay safe over years of real-world use.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled experiment, so results may reflect the patients and practices at one center rather than proving cause and effect. Eye injections carry small risks of infection, bleeding, or increased eye pressure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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583 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2013
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- 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.
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years of either gender 2. Written informed consent must be obtained before any intravitreal injection of bevacizumab is performed 3. Visual impairment predominantly due to abnormal new vessel ingrowth and/or macular edema. The presence of fluid (intraretinal, subretinal or sub-RPE) detected clinically or on the ocular coherence tomography. If both eyes are eligible for the study, both eyes can be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding (pregnancy defined as the state of a female after conception until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive human chorionic gonadotropin laboratory test (\> 5mIU/mL) 2. Women of child bearing potential must be practicing effective contraception implemented during the trial and for at least 28 days following the last dose of study medication 3. Tromboembolic event (CVA or transient ischemic attack, AMI) less than 3 months prior to the intravitreal injection of bevacizumab 4. History of hypersensitivity for bevacizumab.
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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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Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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