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NCT number NCT03302585
Other study ID # REB17-0922
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date November 23, 2017
Est. completion date April 2023

Study information

Verified date February 2019
Source University of Calgary
Contact Martha Rojas Zavala
Phone 403 944-4244
Email Martha.RojasZavala@albertahealthservices.ca
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a phase II randomized double-blind placebo/standard of care trial to determine if rapidly inducing vitamin D sufficiency in patients with acute optic neuritis results in less damage/greater recovery at 12 months as measured by optical coherence tomography, visual evoked potentials, visual acuity and radiological measures. Our hypothesis, based on earlier observational studies, is that acute optic neuritis in the context of vitamin D sufficiency results in better visual outcomes compared to those that are not sufficient acutely, regardless of such interventions as steroid therapy.


Description:

The present trial is based on the observation that vitamin D sufficiency appears to provide some degree of neuroprotection and/or repair in the context of an acute optic neuritis when followed over several months using optical coherence tomography measures. Based on these findings, this randomized double-blinded placebo/standard of care controlled trial has been designed to to see if rapidly inducing vitamin D sufficiency (defined in this trial as a serum 25(OH)D value => 80 nmol/L) results in relatively less reduction in neuroaxonal injury and/or improved recovery chronically (at month 12) versus those patients who do not achieve vitamin D sufficiency in the acute optic neuritis period. of Vitamin D. In this trial, 66 patients in total will be randomized to either "high-dose vitamin D induction" treatment group or the "placebo/followed by standard of care vitamin D" group and followed over 12 months.The primary measure of neuroaxonal integrity in this trial is optical coherence tomography outcomes including ganglion cell layer thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and macular volume. Other vision metrics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures will provide secondary outcome indicators of this as well.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 66
Est. completion date April 2023
Est. primary completion date November 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 45 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Canadian residents

- Patients must be between age 18 and 45 years

- Patients must have a diagnosis of either a CIS or RRMS (according to McDonald criteria)

- Patients must have an EDSS of 5.5 or less

- Patients must demonstrate features of a first typical optic neuritis within 21 days of recruitment (or must initiate treatment by day 30)

- Patients must have a baseline 25(OH)D < 80 nmol/L regardless of vitamin D3 supplementation

- Patients must have no contraindications to high-dose vitamin D supplementation

- Female patients must consent to use a reliable form of contraception (oral contraceptive pill, intrauterine device, barrier methods, abstinence) for the duration of the active treatment phase (first 90 days of where study drug provided) of the trial

- Patients must provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have had a previous optic neuritis

- Patients with evidence of a non-inflammatory cause of optic neuropathy

- Patients with evidence of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder or "NMOSD" (i.e. bilateral optic neuritis, MRI evidence of longitudinally enhancing lesions involving the optic nerves (involving three or more segments of the optic nerve), and/or involving the optic chiasm, and optic tracts

- Patients with a 25(OH)D > 80 nmol/L

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Vitamin D3
50,000 IU/d of oral vitamin D3 x 5 days followed by 10,000 IU/d of oral vitamin D3 x 85 days
Placebo/Standard of Care Vitamin D3
50,000 IU/d of oral vitamin D3 x 5 days followed by 40,000 IU/d of oral vitamin D3 x 85 days

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary Calgary Alberta

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Calgary

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Conversion to clinically definite MS (CDMS) Proportion of patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) who convert to CDMS between groups 12 months
Other New T2 brain lesions on MRI Mean number of new T2 lesions over study between groups 12 months
Other New contrast enhancing brain lesions on MRI Mean number of new contrast enhancing lesions over study between groups 12 months
Other Exploratory novel MRI outcomes - diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Changes in optic nerve, tract and radiations DTI between groups over study 12 months
Other Exploratory novel MRI outcomes - texture Changes in optic nerve, tract and radiations texture between groups over study 12 months
Other Exploratory novel MRI outcomes - cross-sectional area Changes in optic nerve, tract and radiations cross-sectional area between groups over study 12 months
Other Thalamic volume on MRI Mean thalamic volume over study between groups 12 months
Primary Inter-eye (IED) ganglion cell layer thickness (GCL) The difference between the unaffected and affected eye GCL thickness between treatment and placebo group month 12
Primary Proportion of patients with GCL IED <= 8 microns The proportion of patients with unaffected and affected eye GCL thickness of < = 8 microns between groups 12 months
Secondary Change in mean GCL in affected eye over time Rate of change in mean GCL thickness in affected eye over study between groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean GCL in affected eye over time Rate of change in mean GCL thickness in affected eye over study by 25(OH)D level baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean GCL IED between eyes over time Rate of change in mean GCL IED thickness in affected eye over study between groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean GCL IED between eyes over time Rate of change in mean GCL IED thickness in affected eye over study by 25(OH)D level baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in affected eye over time Rate of change in mean RNFL thickness in affected eye over study between groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean RNFL in affected eye over time Rate of change in mean RNFL thickness in affected eye over study by 25(OH)D level baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean RNFL IED between eyes over time Rate of change in mean RNFL and GCL thickness in affected eye over study between groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Change in mean RNFL IED between eyes over time Rate of change in mean RNFL and GCL thickness in affected eye over study by 25(OH)D level baseline to 12 months
Secondary Mean RNFL thickness Mean RNFL thickness at baseline and months between groups baseline
Secondary Mean RNFL thickness Mean RNFL thickness at month 1 between groups 1 month
Secondary Mean RNFL thickness Mean RNFL thickness at month 6 between groups 6 months
Secondary Mean RNFL thickness Mean RNFL thickness at month 12 between groups 12 months
Secondary Mean GCL thickness Mean GCL thickness at baseline between groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Mean GCL thickness Mean GCL thickness at month 1 between groups 1 month
Secondary Mean GCL thickness Mean GCL thickness at month 6 between groups 6 months
Secondary Mean GCL thickness Mean GCL thickness at month 12 between groups 12 months
Secondary Inter-eye RNFL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye RNFL thickness at baseline between treatment and placebo groups baseline to 12 months
Secondary Inter-eye RNFL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye RNFL thickness at month 1 between treatment and placebo groups 1 months
Secondary Inter-eye RNFL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye RNFL thickness at month 6 between treatment and placebo groups 6 months
Secondary Inter-eye RNFL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye RNFL thickness at month 12 between treatment and placebo groups 12 months
Secondary Inter-eye GCL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye GCL thickness at baseline between treatment and placebo groups baseline
Secondary Inter-eye GCL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye GCL thickness at month 1 between treatment and placebo groups 1 month
Secondary Inter-eye GCL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye GCL thickness at month 6 between treatment and placebo groups 6 months
Secondary Inter-eye GCL thickness The difference between the unaffected and affected eye RNFL thickness between treatment and placebo groups 12 months
Secondary Mean macular volume (MV) Mean MV at baseline between groups baseline
Secondary Mean macular volume (MV) Mean MV at month 1 between groups 1 month
Secondary Mean macular volume (MV) Mean MV at month 6 between groups 6 months
Secondary Mean macular volume (MV) Mean MV at month 12 between groups 12 months
Secondary Mean multifocal VEP (MfVEP) latency Mean MfVEP at month 1 between groups 1 month
Secondary Mean change high and low contrast visual acuity (LogMAR) Mean high and low contrast visual acuity (LogMAR) between groups at from baseline to month 12 12 months
Secondary Correlation between baseline mean multifocal VEP latency and month-12 GCL, GCL inter-eye difference, RNFL and inter-eye RNFL difference between treatment and placebo groups Correlation coefficient calculation between mean multifocal VEP latency at baseline and mean GCL, GCL inter-eye difference and RNFL and inter-eye RNFL difference at month 12 between treatment and placebo groups 12 months
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