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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01850979
Other study ID # 1307/09
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received May 1, 2013
Last updated May 9, 2013
Start date February 2010
Est. completion date November 2011

Study information

Verified date May 2013
Source University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Brazil: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aqueous deficiency dry eye is mainly caused by Sjogren syndrome (SS), an autoimmune, chronic, inflammatory and systemic disease which affects most commonly the lacrimal and salivary glands.The ocular treatment is focused in increasing lubrification and decreasing inflammation with topical autologous serum, topical immunosuppressive agents and corticotherapy. Use of topical immunosuppressants has increased in recent years because the topical corticotherapy leads to ocular complications. The most used immunosuppressant is cyclosporine. Tacrolimus , another immunosuppressant, has been used in treatment of immune and inflammatory ocular diseases.This study describes a prospective controlled double-blinded randomized study of the clinical outcome of SS dry eyes patients treated with 0.03% tacrolimus eye drops. As secondary purposes, outcome of dry eye symptoms and any ocular symptoms of the eye drops were also questioned to the patients.


Description:

Aqueous deficiency dry eye is mainly caused by Sjogren syndrome (SS), an autoimmune, chronic, inflammatory and systemic disease which affects most commonly the lacrimal and salivary glands. The hyperreactivity of B lymphocytes causes lymphoplasmacytic infiltration, which induces production of antibodies against antigens of the acinar epithelium and ducts of the lacrimal exocrine gland . The ocular treatment is focused in increasing lubrification and decreasing inflammation with topical autologous serum, topical immunosuppressive agents and corticotherapy. Use of topical immunosuppressants has increased in recent years because the topical corticotherapy leads to ocular complications.

Among topical immunosuppressants the most used ones are tacrolimus, also known as FK506 and cyclosporine A (CsA). Their mechanism of action is similar, but FK 506 is described to be 10 to 100 times more potent than CsA. Tacrolimus is a macrolide with immunomodulatory action and becomes biologically active only when it binds to immunophilin and acts by inhibiting calcineurin, limiting transduction of the signal that carries information from the cell membrane to the nucleus, with the aim of stimulating interleukin (IL) - 2 synthesis, and inhibiting T and B lymphocyte activation . Generally, tacrolimus suppresses the immune response by inhibiting the release of other inflammatory cytokines (eg, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-8, interferon- ϒ, and tumor necrosis factor - α) .

The systemic and topical use of tacrolimus is already well established in ophthalmologic treatments of immune-mediated diseases , uveitis, graft-versus-host disease , corneal transplants and ocular pemphigoid . In veterinary medicine, topical tacrolimus aqueous suspension is well established to treat dry eye in dogs . In humans, tacrolimus eye drops were reported to be effective in treating severe allergic conjunctivitis . In a previous report, our group has showed the clinical outcomes of a case series of eight patients with dry eye using 0.03% tacrolimus eye drops 5 based on evidence in treating animals with KCS.

This study describes a prospective controlled double-blinded randomized study of the clinical outcome of SS dry eyes patients treated with 0.03% tacrolimus eye drops. As secondary purposes, outcome of dry eye symptoms and any ocular symptoms of the eye drops were also questioned to the patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 24
Est. completion date November 2011
Est. primary completion date November 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 40 Years to 60 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- SS was diagnosed according to the SS European Criteria

- chronic symptoms of burning, foreign body sensation, itching in both eyes

- daily need of artificial tears

- abnormal Schirmer (ST) I test < 5mm or rose Bengal staining (RBS) = 4, or break up time (BUT) < 5 seconds.

Exclusion Criteria:

- any structural abnormalities (lid scarring, entropion, trichiasis, etc.)

- any inflammation or active structural change in the iris or anterior chamber

- glaucoma

- previous eye surgery or punctual occlusion

- use of any other topical medication other than artificial tears

- any systemic or topical antibacterial or antiinflammatory drug treatment 90 days before study entry

- contact lens wearer

- the presence of any corneal infection

- any corneal diseases (marginal ulcer, opacity, scar, bullous keratopathy, conjunctivochalasis, symblepharon or tumor)

- pregnancy

- change in the immunosuppressive systemic therapy 90 days before study entry

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Intervention

Drug:
Tacrolimus
tacrolimus 0,03% eyedrops (olive oil vehicle) every 12 hours for 3 months placebo : olive oil eyedrops every 12 hours for 3 months
Olive Oil
All patients in this groups receive eye drops containing olive oil (vehicle of tacrolimus eye drops) twice a day (every 12 hours) for 90 days.

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil University of Sao Paulo General Hospital Sao Paulo SP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (16)

Attas-Fox L, Barkana Y, Iskhakov V, Rayvich S, Gerber Y, Morad Y, Avni I, Zadok D. Topical tacrolimus 0.03% ointment for intractable allergic conjunctivitis: an open-label pilot study. Curr Eye Res. 2008 Jul;33(7):545-9. doi: 10.1080/02713680802149115. — View Citation

Bertelmann E, Pleyer U. Immunomodulatory therapy in ophthalmology - is there a place for topical application? Ophthalmologica. 2004 Nov-Dec;218(6):359-67. Review. — View Citation

Dhaliwal JS, Mason BF, Kaufman SC. Long-term use of topical tacrolimus (FK506) in high-risk penetrating keratoplasty. Cornea. 2008 May;27(4):488-93. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181606086. — View Citation

Fei WL, Chen JQ, Yuan J, Quan DP, Zhou SY. Preliminary study of the effect of FK506 nanospheric-suspension eye drops on rejection of penetrating keratoplasty. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Apr;24(2):235-44. doi: 10.1089/jop.2007.0059. — View Citation

Felberg S, Dantas PE. [Sjögren's syndrome: diagnosis and treatment]. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2006 Nov-Dec;69(6):959-63. Portuguese. — View Citation

Fujita E, Teramura Y, Mitsugi K, Ninomiya S, Iwatsubo T, Kawamura A, Kamimura H. Absorption, distribution, and excretion of 14C-labeled tacrolimus (FK506) after a single or repeated ocular instillation in rabbits. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Jun;24(3):333-43. doi: 10.1089/jop.2007.0086. — View Citation

Fujita E, Teramura Y, Shiraga T, Yoshioka S, Iwatsubo T, Kawamura A, Kamimura H. Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of tacrolimus (FK506) after a single or repeated ocular instillation in rabbits. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Jun;24(3):309-19. doi: 10.1089/jop.2007.0083. — View Citation

Management and therapy of dry eye disease: report of the Management and Therapy Subcommittee of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (2007). Ocul Surf. 2007 Apr;5(2):163-78. Review. — View Citation

Moscovici BK, Holzchuh R, Chiacchio BB, Santo RM, Shimazaki J, Hida RY. Clinical treatment of dry eye using 0.03% tacrolimus eye drops. Cornea. 2012 Aug;31(8):945-9. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8c9b. — View Citation

Ohashi Y, Ebihara N, Fujishima H, Fukushima A, Kumagai N, Nakagawa Y, Namba K, Okamoto S, Shoji J, Takamura E, Hayashi K. A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of tacrolimus ophthalmic suspension 0.1% in severe allergic conjunctivitis. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Apr;26(2):165-74. doi: 10.1089/jop.2009.0087. — View Citation

Pleyer U, Lutz S, Jusko WJ, Nguyen KD, Narawane M, Rückert D, Mondino BJ, Lee VH, Nguyen K. Ocular absorption of topically applied FK506 from liposomal and oil formulations in the rabbit eye. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1993 Aug;34(9):2737-42. Erratum in: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1993 Nov;34(12):3481. — View Citation

Shoji J, Sakimoto T, Muromoto K, Inada N, Sawa M, Ra C. Comparison of topical dexamethasone and topical FK506 treatment for the experimental allergic conjunctivitis model in BALB/c mice. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2005 May-Jun;49(3):205-10. — View Citation

The definition and classification of dry eye disease: report of the Definition and Classification Subcommittee of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (2007). Ocul Surf. 2007 Apr;5(2):75-92. Review. — View Citation

Toda I, Tsubota K. Practical double vital staining for ocular surface evaluation. Cornea. 1993 Jul;12(4):366-7. — View Citation

van Bijsterveld OP. Diagnostic tests in the Sicca syndrome. Arch Ophthalmol. 1969 Jul;82(1):10-4. — View Citation

Vitali C, Bombardieri S, Jonsson R, Moutsopoulos HM, Alexander EL, Carsons SE, Daniels TE, Fox PC, Fox RI, Kassan SS, Pillemer SR, Talal N, Weisman MH; European Study Group on Classification Criteria for Sjögren's Syndrome. Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002 Jun;61(6):554-8. Review. — View Citation

* Note: There are 16 references in allClick here to view all references

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Evaluation of ocular surface The rose bengal and fluorescein scores were performed by instilling 3 µL of a preservative-free combination of 1% rose Bengal and 1% fluorescein into the conjunctival sac according to the double vital staining method. The BUT was measured 3 times and averaged. The ocular surface staining score was rated from 0-3 (0= no staining, 1 = mild staining, 2 = moderated staining and 3 = extensive staining) . The exam was made in the same room with control of humidity and temperature by the same examinator 90 days Yes
Primary Evaluation of the quantity of lacrimal film Schirmer I test was performed using a Whatman 41 paper strip placed in the lateral lower conjunctival sac, and the measurement was recorded after 5 minutes (at least 30 minutes after BUT and staining scoring).The exam was made in the same room with control of humidity and temperature by the same examinator 90 days Yes
Secondary Evaluation of quality of lacrimal film The BUT(break up time) was measured 3 times and averaged, using a chronometer in the same room with control of temperature and humidity by the same examinator. 90 days Yes
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