£14million European-wide Macular Degeneration project is launched
Thursday 26 October 2017A project named Macustar has been launched with the aim of reducing the burden of AMD across Europe. Led by the University of Bonn, and involving UK input from UCL and Moorfields among others, the research will involve 700 AMD patients from 20 clinical sites.
Researchers will carry out and monitor a series of tests over a five year period, in order to see if subtle changes in patient condition are achieved over time. It is hoped that the new information gleaned through the process will lead to more efficient clinical trials and drug development.
MACUSTAR is the first exclusively eye disease-focused project approved by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Europe's largest public-private initiative aiming to speed up the development of better and safer medicines for patients.
Sources:
Macular Society:
European project aims to find new tests and treatments for AMD.Moorfields Eye Hospital:
EU project to tackle age-related macular degeneration.
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Why is there no apparent interest in monitoring the transition from dry to wet ARMD? I am relatively symptom free apart from the bendy lines and await with dread the path both parents took to being seriously visually impaired. Should research investigate the possibility of preventing progression of the condition during earlier stages? I think so. I take Vision Ace +, wear sunglasses etc.
Are you looking for volunteers to monitor? Have been diagnosed with very early AMD. My mother had it too.
I am interested to be kept updated on research. My mother has macular degeneration.