Ellex announces commencement of patient recruitment in AMD trial

Dec 18, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Ellex Medical Lasers Limited, a provider of ophthalmic technology, has announced that the Center for Eye Research Australia, or CERA, has commenced patient recruitment in a multi-center clinical trial to validate the clinical efficacy of Retinal Rejuvenation Therapy, or Ellex 2RT, in the treatment of Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration, or AMD.

AMD is a progressive disease affecting the central region of the retina called the macula. The cause of blindness in the developed world, AMD affects one in seven Australians over the age of 50.

The clinical trial is being led by Professor Robyn Guymer, Head of Macular Research at CERA, who stated "We're looking for people who have gone along for routine eye checks, or those who have had an eye check because of a family history of AMD and been told by their ophthalmologist or optometrist that they have the start of AMD." The company said that this treatment is not suitable for people who had already developed the advanced form of AMD, either the dry or the wet types of AMD, which will have already threatened vision.

Following successful pilot clinical studies, which demonstrated the ability of Ellex 2RT to halt and reverse the degenerative processes caused by the disease, researchers at CERA and other Australian and international clinical sites will take part in a double-blind, randomized control trial to expand the clinical investigations across a larger and more diverse patient sampling, the company said.

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