This is a multicenter, randomized, participant and investigator masked, placebo controlled, proof-of-concept study to assess the safety and efficacy of Iptacopan (LNP023) in participants with early to intermediate age-related macular degeneration in one eye and neovascular age-related macular degeneration in the other eye. All enrolled participants must have early/intermediate AMD in one eye, with at least one high risk optical coherence tomography (OCT) feature (study eye) and neovascular AMD in the other eye (fellow eye).~Participants who meet all of the eligibility criteria will be randomized at the Baseline/Day 1 visit in a 1:1 ratio into one of two treatment arms:~Iptacopan (LNP023) oral capsules~Placebo oral capsules Approximately 146 participants (73 per arm) will be treated worldwide.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of Iptacopan to prevent conversion of early or intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) eyes to new incomplete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retinal atrophy (iRORA) or late AMD.