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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03345901
Other study ID # DRCR.net Protocol AD
Secondary ID
Status Terminated
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date January 15, 2018
Est. completion date April 3, 2019

Study information

Verified date August 2020
Source Jaeb Center for Health Research
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Despite improved glycemic and systemic control for many patients with diabetes, over the past several decades, diabetic retinopathy (DR) develops and progresses in a large proportion of patients, and visual loss from diabetic eye complications continues to be a leading cause of blindness in the US and other developed countries worldwide. Thus, even a modest ability to prevent DR onset or to slow DR worsening might substantially reduce the number of patients at risk for diabetes-related vision loss worldwide. Widespread use of an oral agent effective at reducing worsening of DR might also decrease the numbers of patients who undergo treatment for DR and diabetic macular edema (DME) and who are consequently at risk for side effects that adversely affect visual function. Two major studies of fenofibrate, the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) and The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD)-eye study, have demonstrated clinically important reduction in progression of retinopathy in patients with diabetes assigned to fibrate compared with placebo. However, despite the positive clinical trial results, fenofibrate has not gained wide acceptance as a preventive agent by either ophthalmologists or primary diabetes care providers. Thus, it is important to provide further evidence demonstrating whether or not selectively increasing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) activity reduces progression of retinopathy in patients with diabetes and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy at baseline. Pemafibrate is a more potent and selective PPARα modulator than fenofibrate. Its efficacy is currently being evaluated in the Pemafibrate to Reduce Cardiovascular OutcoMes by Reducing Triglycerides IN patiENts With diabeTes (PROMINENT) study for prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. Given the large study cohort with a substantial proportion likely to have DR and the multi-year duration of the PROMINENT trial, this study represents a unique opportunity to assess effects of chronic PPARα activation through pemafibrate therapy on DR outcomes.

Primary Study Objective: To assess whether treatment with pemafibrate (0.2 mg orally BID) compared with placebo reduces the hazard rate of diabetic retinopathy worsening in adults with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy without neovascularization in at least one eye who are participating in the parent PROMINENT trial.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Terminated
Enrollment 18
Est. completion date April 3, 2019
Est. primary completion date April 3, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Already randomized at US or Canadian sites in the PROMINENT study

- Ability to cooperate with dilated ophthalmic examination and imaging procedures

- At least one eye meets the following study eye inclusion criteria:

1. Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) Diabetic Retinopathy Severity level between 20 and 53 (minimal to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR)), inclusive, on color fundus photographs confirmed by central Reading Center grading.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Study eye exclusion criteria are:

a. Neovascularization present. b. Current central-involved diabetic macular edema (DME based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) central subfield thickness (CST) i. Zeiss Cirrus: CST = 290µm in women or = 305µm in men ii. Heidelberg Spectralis: CST = 305µm in women or = 320µm in men c. Known major non-diabetic intraocular pathology that in the opinion of the investigator would substantially and adversely affect visual acuity or lead to ocular neovascularization during the course of the study d. Anticipated need for intravitreous anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), intravitreous corticosteroid, or pan-retinal photocoagulation (PRP) in the next 6 months following randomization e. History of intravitreous anti-VEGF or corticosteroid treatment within the prior year for any indication.

f. History of intraocular surgery within prior 4 months or anticipated within the next 6 months following randomization g. Any history of PRP or vitrectomy h. History of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) capsulotomy performed within 2 months prior to screening i. Aphakia j. Known substantial media opacities that would preclude successful imaging

Study Design


Intervention

Drug:
Pemafibrate
0.2 mg orally BID - twice daily
Placebo
orally BID - twice daily

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital Toronto
Canada UBC/VCHA Eye Care Centre Vancouver British Columbia
United States Eye Associates of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico
United States Eye Associates of New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico
United States Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan
United States Western Carolina Clinical Research, LLC Asheville North Carolina
United States Emory Eye Center Atlanta Georgia
United States Emory Eye Center Atlanta Georgia
United States Southeast Retina Center, P.C. Augusta Georgia
United States Retina Research Center Austin Texas
United States Valley Eye Physicians and Surgeons Ayer Massachusetts
United States Elman Retina Group, P.A. Baltimore Maryland
United States Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Baltimore Maryland
United States Joslin Diabetes Center Boston Massachusetts
United States Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Boston Massachusetts
United States Retinal Diagnostic Center Campbell California
United States Kittner Eye Center Chapel Hill North Carolina
United States Kittner Eye Center Chapel Hill North Carolina
United States Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Assoc., PA Charlotte North Carolina
United States Southeastern Retina Associates Chattanooga Tennessee
United States Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Chicago Illinois
United States Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Chicago Illinois
United States University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois
United States Robert E. Torti, MD, PA dba Retina Specialists DeSoto Texas
United States Valley Retina Institute DeSoto Texas
United States Henry Ford Health System, Dept of Ophthalmology and Eye Care Services Detroit Michigan
United States Henry Ford Health System, Dept of Ophthalmology and Eye Care Services Detroit Michigan
United States Retina Vitreous Center Edmond Oklahoma
United States National Ophthalmic Research Institute Fort Myers Florida
United States Macula & Retina Institute Glendale California
United States NorthShore University HealthSystem Glenview Illinois
United States Vitreo-Retinal Associates Grand Rapids Michigan
United States Retina Center of Texas Grapevine Texas
United States Baylor Eye Physicians and Surgeons Houston Texas
United States Baylor Eye Physicians and Surgeons Houston Texas
United States Retina Consultants of Houston, PA Houston Texas
United States Atlantis Eye Care Huntington Beach California
United States University of Florida College of Med., Department of Ophthalmology, Jacksonville Health Science Cent Jacksonville Florida
United States Southeastern Retina Associates, P.C. Knoxville Tennessee
United States Florida Retina Consultants Lakeland Florida
United States Retina and Vitreous Associates of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky
United States Loma Linda University Health Care, Department of Ophthalmology Loma Linda California
United States South Coast Retina Center Long Beach California
United States University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept of Ophthalmology/Retina Service Madison Wisconsin
United States Valley Retina Institute McAllen Texas
United States Retina Macula Specialists of Miami Miami Florida
United States Retina Center, PA Minneapolis Minnesota
United States Retina Center, PA Minneapolis Minnesota
United States Retina Vitreous Consultants Monroeville Pennsylvania
United States Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates Mountain View California
United States John-Kenyon American Eye Institute New Albany Indiana
United States MaculaCare New York New York
United States Illinois Retina Associates, S.C. Oak Park Illinois
United States Dean A. McGee Eye Institute Oklahoma City Oklahoma
United States Florida Retina Institute Orlando Florida
United States Mid-America Retina Consultants, P.A. Overland Park Kansas
United States Arizona Retina and Vitreous Consultants Phoenix Arizona
United States Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. dba Eye Associates of Pinellas Pinellas Park Florida
United States Retina Institute of Virginia Richmond Virginia
United States Retina Associates of Western New York Rochester New York
United States The Retina Institute Saint Louis Missouri
United States Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates San Antonio Texas
United States Retinal Consultants of San Antonio San Antonio Texas
United States Thomas Eye Group Sandy Springs Georgia
United States Sarasota Retina Institute Sarasota Florida
United States Retina Associates, P.A. Shawnee Mission Kansas
United States Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York, PC Syracuse New York
United States Wolfe Eye Clinic West Des Moines Iowa
United States Eye Associates of Northeast Louisiana dba Haik Humble Eye Center West Monroe Louisiana
United States Eye Associates of Northeast Louisiana dba Haik Humble Eye Center West Monroe Louisiana
United States Retinal Consultants of Southern California Medical Group, Inc. Westlake Village California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Jaeb Center for Health Research Kowa Company, Ltd.

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Diabetic Retinopathy Worsening or Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) Development (Composite Outcome) 4 years
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