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CABERNET study does not meet primary endpoint at 2 years

Pravin U. Dugel

MIAMI — Visual acuity results for epimacular brachytherapy to treat wet age-related macular degeneration did not meet a study's primary endpoint at 2 years, a presenter here reported.

The phase 3, multicenter, prospective, randomized CABERNET (CNV secondary to AMD treated with beta radiation epiretinal therapy) study included a treatment arm of 302 patients receiving strontium-90 epimacular brachytherapy (NeoVista) and two mandatory Lucentis (ranibizumab, Genentech) injections, followed by as-needed injections. The control arm consisted of 155 patients receiving ranibizumab on a modified PIER protocol with 10 mandatory injections.

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