Beovu Experience UZ Leuven

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Real-life Beovu Experience at UZ Leuven for the Treatment of Exudative Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05220085
• Other study ID #: S66240
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: December 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Reporting early real-world clinical data of consecutive patients on the use of Beovu® (brolucizumab) intravitreal injections in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Description:

Brolucizumab (Beovu, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) is the newest anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drug. It received FDA approval for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in October 2019 followed by EMA approval in February 2020. Brolucizumab received marketing approval based on the two pivotal phase 3 clinical trials - HAWK and HARRIER - with a q8/q12 week dosing regimen. Potential benefits of brolucizumab are assumed to be related to its low molecular weight with subsequent better tissue penetration as well as higher molar concentration. This could improve the treatment durability and lower the burden for patients and caregivers when dealing with repetitive intravitreal treatments and monitoring visits over a long period of time in a chronic disease. However, safety signals have been reported in both RCTs and post-marketing reports, which included the occurrence of intraocular inflammation (IOI) and retinal vasculitis with or without occlusion.

In this study we want to share our early results and experience with Bolucizumab in UZ Leuven. By retrospective analysis of a cohort of 17 patients treated with Brolucizumab, we evaluate the efficacy of the drug as well as the occurrence of adverse-events, especially intra-ocular inflammation and vasculitis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 17
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosis of neovascular age-related macular degeneration

2. Partial response on current anti-VEGF treatment or unability to prolong the treatment interval beyond 6 or 8 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Any form of previous intraocular inflammation 2. Any form of previous inflammatory reaction after anti-VEGF treatment 3. Functionally monophthalmic patients 4. Any sign of active intraocular inflammation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Macular Degeneration

Intervention

Drug:
• Brolucizumab Ophthalmic Dbll 6 Mg/0.05 mL Intravitreal Solution
Intravitreal injection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	UZLEUVEN	Leuven

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

References & Publications (11)

Baumal CR, Spaide RF, Vajzovic L, Freund KB, Walter SD, John V, Rich R, Chaudhry N, Lakhanpal RR, Oellers PR, Leveque TK, Rutledge BK, Chittum M, Bacci T, Enriquez AB, Sund NJ, Subong ENP, Albini TA. Retinal Vasculitis and Intraocular Inflammation after Intravitreal Injection of Brolucizumab. Ophthalmology. 2020 Oct;127(10):1345-1359. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.04.017. Epub 2020 Apr 25. — View Citation

Dugel PU, Jaffe GJ, Sallstig P, Warburton J, Weichselberger A, Wieland M, Singerman L. Brolucizumab Versus Aflibercept in Participants with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Randomized Trial. Ophthalmology. 2017 Sep;124(9):1296-1304. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.03.057. Epub 2017 May 24. — View Citation

Dugel PU, Koh A, Ogura Y, Jaffe GJ, Schmidt-Erfurth U, Brown DM, Gomes AV, Warburton J, Weichselberger A, Holz FG; HAWK and HARRIER Study Investigators. HAWK and HARRIER: Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Masked Trials of Brolucizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2020 Jan;127(1):72-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.04.017. Epub 2019 Apr 12. — View Citation

Dugel PU, Singh RP, Koh A, Ogura Y, Weissgerber G, Gedif K, Jaffe GJ, Tadayoni R, Schmidt-Erfurth U, Holz FG. HAWK and HARRIER: Ninety-Six-Week Outcomes from the Phase 3 Trials of Brolucizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2021 Jan;128(1):89-99. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.028. Epub 2020 Jun 20. — View Citation

Haug SJ, Hien DL, Uludag G, Ngoc TTT, Lajevardi S, Halim MS, Sepah YJ, Do DV, Khanani AM. Retinal arterial occlusive vasculitis following intravitreal brolucizumab administration. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Mar 31;18:100680. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100680. eCollection 2020 Jun. — View Citation

Holz FG, Dugel PU, Weissgerber G, Hamilton R, Silva R, Bandello F, Larsen M, Weichselberger A, Wenzel A, Schmidt A, Escher D, Sararols L, Souied E. Single-Chain Antibody Fragment VEGF Inhibitor RTH258 for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Randomized Controlled Study. Ophthalmology. 2016 May;123(5):1080-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.12.030. Epub 2016 Feb 20. — View Citation

Holz FG, Heinz C, Wolf A, Hoerauf H, Pleyer U. [Intraocular inflammation with brolucizumab use : Patient management-diagnosis-therapy]. Ophthalmologe. 2021 Mar;118(3):248-256. doi: 10.1007/s00347-021-01321-8. Epub 2021 Feb 8. Review. German. — View Citation

Jain A, Chea S, Matsumiya W, Halim MS, Yasar Ç, Kuang G, Sepah YJ, Khanani AM, Do DV, Nguyen QD. Severe vision loss secondary to retinal arteriolar occlusions after multiple intravitreal brolucizumab administrations. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Apr 2;18:100687. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100687. eCollection 2020 Jun. — View Citation

Monés J, Srivastava SK, Jaffe GJ, Tadayoni R, Albini TA, Kaiser PK, Holz FG, Korobelnik JF, Kim IK, Pruente C, Murray TG, Heier JS. Risk of Inflammation, Retinal Vasculitis, and Retinal Occlusion-Related Events with Brolucizumab: Post Hoc Review of HAWK and HARRIER. Ophthalmology. 2021 Jul;128(7):1050-1059. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.11.011. Epub 2020 Nov 15. — View Citation

Sharma A, Kumar N, Parachuri N, Singh S, Bandello F, Kuppermann BD, Loewenstein A. Brolucizumab-related retinal vasculitis: emerging disconnect between clinical trials and real world. Eye (Lond). 2021 May;35(5):1292-1294. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-01227-w. Epub 2020 Oct 20. — View Citation

Witkin AJ, Hahn P, Murray TG, Arevalo JF, Blinder KJ, Choudhry N, Emerson GG, Goldberg RA, Kim SJ, Pearlman J, Schneider EW, Tabandeh H, Wong RW. Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis Following Intravitreal Brolucizumab. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2020 Jul;4(4):269-279. doi: 10.1177/2474126420930863. Epub 2020 Jul 1. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	anatomical efficacy of treatment with brolucizumab	central retinal thickness	dec 2020- nov 2021
Primary	functional efficacy of treatment with brolucizumab	best corrected visual acuity	dec 2020- nov 2021
Secondary	Safety of treatment with brolucizumab	Safety: occurrence of adverse events	dec 2020- nov 2021