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NCT number NCT02092532
Other study ID # VGFTe-AMD-1401
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
First received March 13, 2014
Last updated October 14, 2014
Start date March 2014
Est. completion date March 2016

Study information

Verified date October 2014
Source Southeast Retina Center, Georgia
Contact Siobhan Ortiz
Phone 706-650-0061
Email siobhan@southeastretina.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravitreal aflibercept injection (IAI) in patients with neovascular polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.


Description:

This is an open-label, non-randomized, unmasked, study of IAI in patients with choroidal neovascularization secondary to polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Twenty treatment naïve and previously treated PCV eyes will be enrolled (only one study eye per patient will be enrolled). A maximum of 10 previously treated eyes will be enrolled. Consented, enrolled patients will be followed monthly. All patients will receive monthly IAI 2.0 mg intravitreally for 3 months (Baseline, Months 1 and 2), followed by mandatory IAI 2.0 mg every 2 months (Months 4, 6, 8 and 10) for 12 months. Patients can receive additional IAI treatment (Months 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) if the re-treatment criteria are met. Starting at Month 3, patients can receive non-anti vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) rescue therapy (ie: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), laser, intravitreal steroids) if the pre-defined criteria are met.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date March 2016
Est. primary completion date March 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Males and females = 18 years of age. Females of child bearing potential will undergo urine pregnancy testing and be required to use appropriate methods of birth control

- ICG and fluorescein angiographic characteristics consistent with active, leaking PCV with subfoveal lesions and/or subfoveal hemorrhage, lipid exudates, PED or fluid

- Best corrected early treatment of diabetic retinopathy study (ETDRS) visual acuity at 4 meters between 20/20 - 20/400 (BCVA ETDRS letter score 85 - 20 letters in the study eye)

- Lesion Characteristics - leaking lesions consistent with PCV. (No limitations on hemorrhage, fibrosis or atrophy)

- Clear ocular media to allow for photography/angiography

- Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study-related procedures

- Patients with bilateral disease will only be able to enroll one eye

- Provide signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any history of systemic Anti-VEGF therapy

- Current ocular or periocular infection

- Active intraocular inflammation

- Any comorbid condition that may decrease visual acuity

- Any patients who have had intraocular surgery within the past 30 days for any condition

- For treatment naïve patients: No prior anti-VEGF, PDT, intravitreal steroids or laser (subfoveal or non foveal)

- For previously-treated patients :

- Prior anti-VEGF (ranibizumab, bevacizumab, pegaptanib) within 30 days

- Prior IAI

- Prior PDT , transpupillary thermal therapy (TTT) or radiation within 90 days (a maximum of 3 PDTs allowed)

- Prior intravitreal steroids within 90 days

- Prior non-foveal laser within 90 days

- Prior subfoveal laser

- Patients with features of dry age-related macular degeneration such as abundant drusen and symptoms/demographic features inconsistent with the diagnosis of PCV

- Allergy to fluorescein, ICG, iodine, shellfish

- Any other condition that the investigator believes would pose a significant hazard to the patient if the investigational therapy were initiated

- Participation in another simultaneous medical investigation or trial

- History of previous subfoveal laser

- Advanced glaucoma (IOP > 25 or cup/disc ratio > 0.8)

- Pregnant or breast-feeding women

- Sexually active men* or women of childbearing potential** who are unwilling to practice adequate contraception during the study (adequate contraceptive measures include stable use of oral contraceptives or other prescription pharmaceutical contraceptives for 2 or more menstrual cycles prior to screening; intrauterine device (IUD); bilateral tubal ligation; vasectomy; condom plus contraceptive sponge, foam, or jelly, or diaphragm plus contraceptive sponge, foam, or jelly) *Contraception is not required for men with documented vasectomy. **Postmenopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months in order not to be considered of child bearing potential. Pregnancy testing and contraception are not required for women with documented hysterectomy or tubal ligation.

Study Design

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


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Rescue Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection
Patients can receive additional IAI treatment (Months 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) if the re-treatment criteria are met.
Procedure:
Rescue Therapy with PDT, Laser or Intravitreal Steroids
Starting at Month 3, patients can receive non-anti VEGF rescue therapy (ie: PDT, laser, intravitreal steroids) if the pre-defined criteria are met.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Southeast Retina Center, PC Augusta Georgia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Southeast Retina Center, Georgia Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Rescue Therapy •Mean number of injections of IAI Month 12 No
Other Rescue Therapy •Incidence of need and administration of rescue therapy with PDT, laser, or intravitreal steroids Month 12 No
Other Rescue Therapy •Incidence and need of administration of additional IAI therapy Month 12 No
Primary Incidence and Severity The primary objective of the study is the incidence and severity of ocular and systemic adverse events at Month 6. Month 6 Yes
Primary Incidence and Severity The primary objective of the study is the incidence and severity of ocular and systemic adverse events at Month 12. Month 12 Yes
Secondary Change in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) •The mean change in BCVA from Baseline to Month 6 and from Baseline up to 12 months Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Change in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) •Proportion of patients gaining 5, 10 and 15 letters at Months 6 and 12 Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Change in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) •Proportion of patients losing 5,10, and 15 letters at Months 6 and 12 Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Mean change from baseline in central subfield thickness at Months 6 and 12 as assessed on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Mean change from baseline in macular volume at Months 6 and 12 as assessed on SD-OCT Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Mean change from baseline in choroidal thickness at Months 6 and 12 through SD-OCT Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Proportion of patients with no evidence of pigment epithelial detachment (PED), intraretinal and subretinal fluid from choroidal neovascularization (CNV) as assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) at 6 and 12 months Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Mean change from baseline in the total area of CNV fluorescein angiographic leakage at months 6 and 12 Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Fluorescein angiograms, indocyanine green (ICG) angiograms, OCT and fundus photographs at Months 6 and 12 compared to baseline as unchanged, resolved, improved, worsened, or cannot determine. See section 9.1.2.2 Months 6 and 12 No
Secondary Photography Assessments •Rate of polyp regression and resolution at 6 and 12 Months Months 6 and 12 No