Could eye drops replace injections for a leading cause of blindness?

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

\*\*Inclusion Criteria:\*\* 1. Aged 18 to 50 years, inclusive; male or female. 2. Body weight: males ≥50.0 kg, females ≥45.0 kg; body mass index (BMI) between 19.0 and 25.0 kg/m², inclusive. 3. At screening, in the investigator's judgment, the volunteer is in good health, with normal results or abnormal results without clinical significance for laboratory tests (hematology, blood chemistry, urinalysis), physical examination, vital signs, and ECG. 4. At screening, best-corrected visual acuity in either eye must be ≥0.8 (decimal notation using the national standard logarithmic visual acuity chart). 5. At screening, in the investigator's judgment, findings in either eye for intraocular pressure, slit-lamp examination, corneal endothelial cell examination, central corneal thickness examination, and non-mydriatic fundus photography are normal or abnormal without clinical significance; and both NEI corneal and conjunctival scores are ≤3. 6. Healthy volunteers (including women of childbearing potential and male healthy volunteers) must have no pregnancy plan during the trial and within 28 days after the end of the trial, and must voluntarily use effective contraception. 7. Healthy volunteers fully understand the study content, voluntarily participate and sign the informed consent form, and are willing to cooperate with completion of all study procedures. \*\*Exclusion Criteria:\*\* 1. Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or lactating; or a positive blood pregnancy test at screening (for women of childbearing potential only). 2. Active ocular inflammation or infection in either eye at screening. 3. History of intraocular surgery in either eye, or history of ocular laser surgery. 4. Wearing or planning to wear corneal or scleral contact lenses within 14 days before screening or during the study period. 5. At screening, in the investigator's judgment, any clinically significant disease or relevant medical history involving the eyes, immune system, cardiovascular system, kidneys, liver, respiratory system, metabolism, gastrointestinal system, endocrine system, blood, skin, sexually transmitted diseases, musculoskeletal system, nervous system, or psychiatric system that may affect the safety, tolerability, or systemic pharmacokinetic results of this trial. 6. Any symptoms of respiratory tract infection within 14 days before screening (such as fever, sore throat, headache, runny nose, etc.). 7. Use of any systemic (injectable or oral) or local (skin, eye, ear, or nose) medication within 28 days before screening or planned use during the study period, including over-the-counter cold or flu medications; however, local medications judged by the investigator not to affect the safety, tolerability, or systemic pharmacokinetic results of the trial are allowed as exceptions (such as artificial tears used outside the study period). 8. Participation in another drug or medical device clinical trial within 90 days before screening or planned participation during the study period. 9. Vaccination within 30 days before screening or planned vaccination during the study period. 10. Blood donation or blood loss exceeding 200 mL within 90 days before screening. 11. Any history of drug allergy, or known allergy at screening to any component of the investigational product or auxiliary medications required for study procedures. 12. Positive result for any of the four virology screening tests at screening (hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody, Treponema pallidum antibody, human immunodeficiency virus antibody). 13. Known drug abuse at screening, or a positive urine drug test (morphine, methamphetamine, ketamine). 14. Average daily smoking or use of other nicotine-containing products more than 5 times per day within 90 days before screening (such as snuff, nicotine patches, nicotine gum, e-cigarettes, or nicotine inhalers). 15. Average daily alcohol intake of more than 2 units within 90 days before screening (1 unit = 10 mL ethanol, equivalent to 200 mL beer at 5% alcohol, 25 mL spirits at 40% alcohol, or 83 mL wine at 12% alcohol). 16. Average daily consumption of more than 8 cups of tea, milk tea, coffee, or caffeinated beverages within 90 days before screening (1 cup = 250 mL). 17. During admission to the clinical trial ward, inability to comply with the standardized light and moderate diet, smoking cessation (including e-cigarettes), alcohol abstinence, avoidance of any food or beverages containing alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine (such as nicotine gum, coffee, tea, milk tea, chocolate, cola, etc.), and avoidance of strenuous exercise.