Eye drops could replace needle injections for wet AMD
NCT ID NCT07607561
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 2a trial tests SCAI-005 eye drops in 50 adults with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Participants will receive either a low dose, high dose, or placebo drops three times daily. The study aims to see if the drops can reduce retinal swelling and control the disease, potentially offering a less invasive alternative to current eye injections.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SCAI-005 (axitinib) eye drops
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a less invasive eye drop alternative to regular injections for managing wet AMD.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2a trial with only 50 participants, so results may not confirm effectiveness. The treatment is not a cure and aims only to control the disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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50 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: 1. Adults aged 50 years or older 2. Subjects who were diagnosed with nAMD in the study eye within 3 years prior to the Screening Visit, who demonstrated a treatment response to at least 3 repeated intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF IVT for nAMD, and whose last anti-VEGF IVT administration was more than 12 weeks prior to the planned date of the first administration of the investigational product. 3. Active MNV secondary to nAMD with a subfoveal component related to the MNV activity in the study eye as assessed by FA (evidence of leakage) or SD-OCT (presence of fluid) at screening 4. CST ≤ 450 μm at screening 5. BCVA ETDRS letter score of 80 letters to 25 letters in the study eye as measured by the ETDRS visual acuity chart at screening Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects with choroidal neovascularization in the study eye due to causes other than nAMD (however, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) can be enrolled) 2. Presence of scarring, fibrosis, or atrophy involving the fovea in the study eye at Screening 3. Subjects who have a hemorrhage in the subfoveal region of the study eye and in whom the subretinal hemorrhage area is ≥ 1 optic disk area 4. History of glaucoma surgery, vitrectomy, submacular surgery, or macular laser treatment (e.g., photodynamic therapy \[PDT\], laser photocoagulation, etc.) in the study eye 5. Subjects with vitreous hemorrhage in the study eye 6. History of ocular treatment (except for anti-VEGF IVT therapy), systemic treatment, or surgical intervention for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in the study eye 7. Administration of intraocular, periocular, or intravitreal (IVT) steroid injection in the study eye within 24 weeks prior to Screening 8. Presence of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, or other vascular diseases affecting the retina, other than neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), in either eye 9. History of endophthalmitis or idiopathic or autoimmune-related uveitis in either eye 10. Subjects with active macular neovascularization identified in the fellow eye at Screening
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