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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01710839
Other study ID # 12246
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received October 17, 2012
Last updated October 28, 2015
Start date October 2012
Est. completion date October 2015

Study information

Verified date October 2015
Source Greater Houston Retina Research
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To see if Lucentis 0.5mg combined with Targeted Pan Retinal photocoagulation will decrease the total number of intravitreal injections in a year for ischemic central retinal vein occlusion, hemi-retinal vein occlusions and branch retinal vein occlusions compared to standard of care


Description:

The WAVE trial is a phase IV, open label, 12-month trial of intravitreal ranibizumab 0.5 mg in patients (n=30) with ischemic CRVO, HRVO and BRVO who have been previously treated with ranibizumab or any other anti-VEGF intravitreal injection therapy, who are incomplete responders to 2 or more consecutive intravitreal anti-VEGF injections in the past 4 months. Randomization is 1:4, 1=control, ranibizumab only, 4=treatment arm. In total, 6 subjects will be randomized to control and 24 randomized to treatment arm.

Cohort 1- 24 Subjects previously treated Patients will receive 6 doses of ranibizumab 0.5 mg, followed by PRN intravitreal injection of ranibizumab 0.5 mg based on pre-defined retreatment criteria for up to 11 total injections.

Wide field angiography guided peripheral targeted-retinal photocoagulation (TRP), will be divided into 2 sessions if needed, one at the 2 weeks post injection visit and another later at M4/V7, if repeat wide field angiogram indicates areas not sufficiently treated in the first TRP session

Cohort 2- 6 Subjects, previously treated patients will receive 6 doses of ranibizumab 0.5 mg, followed by PRN intravitreal injection of ranibizumab 0.5 mg based on pre-defined retreatment criteria for up to 11 total injections.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date October 2015
Est. primary completion date October 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 years

- Visual acuity between 20/25 and 20/800, ETDRS best corrected visual acuity

- Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with study assessments for the full duration of the study

Patients previously treated with any ITV anti-VEGF:

• With at least 2 consecutive monthly intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF medications with presence of persistent or recurrent macular edema in the past 4 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- IOP over 30 mm Hg

- Any previous retinal laser photocoagulation to the study eye

- Previous intravitreal injection in the study eye of any corticosteroid treatment

- Previous vitrectomy in study eye (posterior or anterior associated with vitreous loss in cataract surgery)

- Intracapsular cataract extraction

- Any previous radiation treatments to head/neck that the principal or sub investigator feels is clinically relevant

- Inability to assess iris or angle neovascularization (corneal opacity precluding gonioscopy)

- Significant cardiovascular disease or cancer that would prevent follow-up visits or completion of the 12 month study

- Significant diabetic retinopathy in the fellow eye (diabetic macular edema, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or high-risk non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy)

- Participation in another simultaneous medical investigator or trial

- Ocular disorders or concurrent disease in the study eye that may confound interpretation of study results, compromise visual acuity or require medical or surgical intervention, including history of retinal detachment, macular hole, or choroidal neovascularization of any cause (e.g., DME, AMD, ocular histoplasmosis, or pathologic myopia)

- Structural damage to the center of the macula in the study eye prior to CRVO, HRVO and BRVO likely to preclude improvement in visual acuity following the resolution of macular edema, including atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, subretinal fibrosis, laser scar(s)

- Vitreomacular traction or clinically significant epiretinal membrane in the study eye evident biomicroscopically or by OCT (vitreomacular attachment OK)

- Infectious blepharitis, keratitis, scleritis, or conjunctivitis (in either eye) or current treatment for serious systemic infection

- Spherical equivalent of the refractive error in the study eye of more than -8 diopters myopia (For patients who have had refractive or cataract surgery in the study eye, preoperative spherical equivalent refractive error of more than -8 diopters myopia is not allowed)

- Uncontrolled Blood pressure: defined as systolic pressure > 180mmHg and/or diastolic pressure of >110 mm Hg (sitting) during the screening period

- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

- Renal failure requiring dialysis or renal transplant

- Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation

- Premenopausal women not using adequate contraception. The following are considered effective means of contraception: surgical sterilization or use of oral contraceptives, barrier contraception with either a condom or diaphragm in conjunction with spermicidal gel, an IUD, or contraceptive hormone implant or patch.

- History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or other findings giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use an investigational drug, might affect interpretation of the results of the study, or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications

- History of allergy to fluorescein, not amenable to treatment

- Inability to obtain fundus photographs or fluorescein angiograms of sufficient quality to be analyzed by the principal investigator (PI) and/or the sub-investigator.

- History of allergy to humanized antibodies or any component of the ranibizumab formulation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
0.5mg Ranibizumab
intravitreal injections
Procedure:
Targeted Pan Retinal Photocoagulation
Targeted Pan Retinal Photocoagulation based on wide field angiography

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Retina Consultants of Houston/The Medical Center Houston Texas
United States Retina Consultants of Houston Katy Texas
United States Retina Consultants of Houston The Woodlands Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Charles C Wykoff, PhD, MD Genentech, Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (12)

A randomized clinical trial of early panretinal photocoagulation for ischemic central vein occlusion. The Central Vein Occlusion Study Group N report. Ophthalmology. 1995 Oct;102(10):1434-44. — View Citation

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Brown DM, Campochiaro PA, Singh RP, Li Z, Gray S, Saroj N, Rundle AC, Rubio RG, Murahashi WY; CRUISE Investigators. Ranibizumab for macular edema following central retinal vein occlusion: six-month primary end point results of a phase III study. Ophthalmology. 2010 Jun;117(6):1124-1133.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.022. Epub 2010 Apr 9. — View Citation

Campochiaro PA, Brown DM, Awh CC, Lee SY, Gray S, Saroj N, Murahashi WY, Rubio RG. Sustained benefits from ranibizumab for macular edema following central retinal vein occlusion: twelve-month outcomes of a phase III study. Ophthalmology. 2011 Oct;118(10):2041-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.02.038. Epub 2011 Jun 29. — View Citation

Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Manson JE, Ajani UA, Buring JE. A prospective study of cigarette smoking and risk of age-related macular degeneration in men. JAMA. 1996 Oct 9;276(14):1147-51. — View Citation

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Connolly DT, Heuvelman DM, Nelson R, Olander JV, Eppley BL, Delfino JJ, Siegel NR, Leimgruber RM, Feder J. Tumor vascular permeability factor stimulates endothelial cell growth and angiogenesis. J Clin Invest. 1989 Nov;84(5):1470-8. — View Citation

Connolly DT, Olander JV, Heuvelman D, Nelson R, Monsell R, Siegel N, Haymore BL, Leimgruber R, Feder J. Human vascular permeability factor. Isolation from U937 cells. J Biol Chem. 1989 Nov 25;264(33):20017-24. — View Citation

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Hayreh SS, Klugman MR, Podhajsky P, Kolder HE. Electroretinography in central retinal vein occlusion. Correlation of electroretinographic changes with pupillary abnormalities. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1989;227(6):549-61. — View Citation

Natural history and clinical management of central retinal vein occlusion. The Central Vein Occlusion Study Group. Arch Ophthalmol. 1997 Apr;115(4):486-91. Erratum in: Arch Ophthalmol 1997 Oct;115(10):1275. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Total number of intravitreal injections in a 12 month period Assess the number of intravitreal injections over 12 months. 12 months No
Primary Visual Acuity Evaluate the mean change from baseline in ETDRS BCVA at 12 months. 12 month period No
Secondary Retinal Ischemia Quantify change in area of perfused and ischemic retina. 12 month period No
Secondary Foveal Avascular Zone Assess change in foveal avascular zone area and largest diameter, measured during the early phase of the angiogram 12 months No
Secondary Adverse Events Incidence and severity of adverse events (ocular and non-ocular). 12 months Yes
Secondary Neovascularization of the Iris, Optic Nerve and Elsewhere Percent of patients that develop neovascularization of the iris, optic nerve and/or elsewhere. 12 months No
Secondary Central Foveal Outcome Mean change in Central Foveal Volume on High Resolution OCT. 12 months No
Secondary Aqueous VEG F Levels VEGF, other cytokines and ranibizumab levels in aqueous and serum samples at randomization and at the exit or early termination visit. 12 Months No
Secondary Visual Field Goldman Visual Field changes at 6 and 12 months from baseline. 6 and 12 Months No