Retinal Vein Occlusion Results - LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection)

How was LUCENTIS^® (ranibizumab injection) studied?

LUCENTIS was studied in 2 clinical trials to see if it could be an effective treatment for macular edema following retinal vein occlusion. The main focus of the trials was to find out if patients' vision would improve after they received LUCENTIS once a month for 6 months.

How were the results measured?

The doctors measured patients' visual acuity, or VA, throughout the study. VA is how well each eye can see fine detail clearly. Your VA score is based on how many letters you can read on an eye chart. The more letters you can see, the better your vision.

20/20 vision
is considered perfect vision

20/200 vision
is considered legal blindness*

*20/200 or worse with corrective lenses.

Clinical trial results

Click on a tab to see results for Branch RVO or Central RVO patients.

Who is LUCENTIS for?

LUCENTIS^® (ranibizumab injection) is a prescription medicine for the treatment of patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

What important safety information should I know about LUCENTIS?

LUCENTIS is a prescription medication given by injection into the eye, and it has side effects. Some LUCENTIS patients have had detached retinas and serious infections inside the eye. You should not use LUCENTIS if you have an infection in or around the eye or are allergic to LUCENTIS or any of its ingredients.

Uncommonly, LUCENTIS patients have had serious, sometimes fatal, problems related to blood clots, such as heart attacks or strokes.

Some patients have had increased eye pressure within 1 hour of an injection.

Serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye and, rarely, problems related to the injection procedure, such as cataracts. These side effects can make your vision worse.

The most common eye-related side effects are increased redness in the white of the eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, and the feeling that something is in the eye. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, and lung/airway infections.

If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, or painful, or if you have a change in vision, call or visit your eye doctor right away.

For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.


	Possible side effects to discuss with your doctor Some LUCENTIS patients have serious side effects related to the injection. These include serious infections inside the eye, detached retinas, and cataracts. Although not common, LUCENTIS patients have had eye- and non–eye-related blood clots (heart attacks, strokes, and death). If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, painful, or has a change in vision, you should call or visit your eye doctor right away. The most common side effects to your eye are increased redness in the whites of your eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, the feeling that something is in your eye. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, and respiratory (lung) infections.

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