Ophthalmology Studies

PPD offers a clinical operations and therapeutic focus on ophthalmology studies with experienced project teams dedicated to all ophthalmic programs. Our ophthalmology professionals are familiar with multinational submissions and expeditious agency reviews, and they have global experience in a variety of therapeutic areas. In addition, PPD has an international network of experienced investigative sites for efficient subject enrollment.

We conducted approximately 50 trials in ophthalmic indications involving more than 16,000 patients and 1,900 sites within the past five years.

Global Ophthalmology Clinical Trial Experience

PPD offers expertise in ophthalmic clinical research in various areas including:

• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• Conjunctivitis
• Dry eye
• Glaucoma
• Keratitis
• Lens opacification and IOLs
• Diabetic macular edema
• Retinal vein occlusion
• Geographic atrophy

Innovative Ophthalmology Technologies

PPD has ophthalmic experience with therapeutic-specific vendors such as:

• Reading centers
• • Visual acuity certification centers (Wilmer, EMMES, Clinical Edge, CertifiEYED)
  • Endothelial cell counts
  • Fundus photography, angiography, OCT and FAF
  • DARC
  • University of Wisconsin FPRC
  • The DIRC
  • GRADE (University of Bonn)
  • Vienna (OCT)
  • Burne (FA/FP)
• Chart vendors
• • ETDRS
  • LEA
  • Pelli-Robson
  • Snellen