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Ranibizumab

Drug

Ranibizumab is marketed as Lucentis for intravitreal injection and is used for retinal vascular diseases. Labeling describes it as a VEGF inhibitor, and indications include neovascular age-related macular degeneration, macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, and myopic choroidal neovascularization. U.S. labeling lists initial FDA approval in 2006.

Trials
514
Recruiting
8
Completed
352
With results
179

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 31 4
Phase 1 39162 48
Phase 1/2 37225 46
Phase 2 11771268 105
Phase 2/3 37318 22
Phase 3 525817316 119
Phase 4 1616622 96
Not applicable 1213212 39
Unknown 112616 35

Trials started per year

2021
7
2022
10
2023
8
2024
6
2025
5
2026
3

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Macular Degeneration 151444749281414 176
Macular Edema 45152251664 77
Retinal Vein Occlusion 5581171166 59
Choroidal Neovascularization 64143161021 56
Diabetic Retinopathy 113109922 37
Vision Disorders 51541 25
Wet Macular Degeneration 13534621 25
Retinal Diseases 4323541 22
Diabetes Mellitus 252631 19
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy 1511411 14

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Novartis Pharmaceuticals4823
2Genentech, Inc.1711
3Hoffmann-La Roche179
4Allergan132
5Novartis137
6National Eye Institute (NEI)70
7Alcon Research60
8California Retina Consultants60
9Johns Hopkins University60
10Ophthotech Corporation62

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Ranibizumab514
2Bevacizumab49
3aflibercept45
4salicylhydroxamic acid34
5Dexamethasone23
6Verteporfin21
7Calcium Dobesilate12
8Triamcinolone Acetonide11
9Lasers10
10faricimab6

Evidence

Results reported
50.9%179 of 352 completed
Published
11.1%39 of 352 completed
Primary endpoint met
48.4%59 of 122 analyses
Median months to report
16

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
51
Statistical analysis plan
49
PubMed citations
138

Trial profile

Median enrollment
56
Median duration
30.6months
Countries
67
Study sites
4850

Who is enrolled

Adults
508
Children
32
Older adults
503
Healthy volunteers
44

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
14
Phase 1
10
Phase 1/2
26
Phase 2
60
Phase 2/3
90
Phase 3
312
Phase 4
45
Not applicable
40
Unknown
60

Where trials run

United States
218
Germany
66
United Kingdom
52
China
49
Italy
41
Spain
41
France
40
Canada
36
Hungary
35
South Korea
35

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1AustinUnited States53
2HoustonUnited States49
3PhoenixUnited States49
4Beverly HillsUnited States48
5BaltimoreUnited States47
6AugustaUnited States44
7San AntonioUnited States44
8Fort MyersUnited States41
9SacramentoUnited States41
10Salt Lake CityUnited States40

Terminations

Terminated
35
Withdrawn
26
Stopped for recruitment
2.3%12 of 514 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
35
Recruitment
12
Funding
4
Business decision
3
Lack of efficacy
3
Regulatory
2
Safety
2

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05126966 Withdrawn Withdrawn Roche/Genentech has initiated an immediate pause of all new PDS implantations because the implants from commercial supply in the clinical studies did not meet the filed specifications for the intended use 2026-01-30
NCT04757610 Terminated Terminated The primary endpoint was not achieved in the study. 2025-03-31
NCT04075136 Withdrawn Withdrawn IRB stopped study due to safety concerns before any participants were enrolled. 2024-12-31
NCT03784443 Withdrawn Withdrawn Funder withdrawn funding. 2023-09-01
NCT02207712 Terminated Terminated Major protocol deviations compromised the study. 2023-08-31
NCT04698850 Withdrawn Withdrawn funding issues 2023-06-30
NCT04991350 Terminated Terminated Insufficient recruitment 2022-11-01
NCT03203447 Terminated Terminated The early termination is due to the results obtained from the sister study, SAPPHIRE (CLS1003-301), which did not meet the 8-week primary efficacy endpoint. 2018-12-18
NCT02769169 Terminated Terminated study protocol changed 2018-12-15
NCT02665689 Terminated Terminated Enrollment pace was far below target. 2018-09-07

Trial records