Genotyping of patients with age related macular degeneration

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Can Genetic Profiling be used to Distinguish Good versus Poor Responders to anti-VEGF Treatment in Age-related macular degeneration?

• IRAS ID

  203188

• Contact name

  Sobha Sivaprasad

• Contact email

  sobha.sivaprasad@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Moorfields Eye Hospital

• Duration of Study in the UK

  3 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The aim of the study is to add to the sample size of DNA extraction done on 300 patients in Bristol to have sufficient sample size to assess if the genetic make up of a patient with age related macular degeneration can determine the treatment response to the condition.

• REC name

  London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/1067

• Date of REC Opinion

  3 Jun 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion