A Clinical Study in Current Medical Practice of the Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab 0.5mg in Diabetic Patients Presenting a Visual Impairment Due to Macular Edema
- Registration Number
- NCT01315275
- Lead Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the proportion of patients with a 10 letters gain on Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) at 6 months in current medical practice.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 394
- Male or female patients >18 years of age who have signed an informed consent
- Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus (according to ADA or WHO guidelines) with HbA1c not more than 10.0% at screening (Visit 1). Patients should be on diet, exercise, and/or pharmacological treatment for diabetes.
- Patients with visual impairment due to focal or diffuse DME in at least one eye
- Central Retinal thickness on OCT ≥ 250 microns in the central subfield
- BCVA score between 78 and 39 letters, inclusively, using ETDRS-like visual acuity testing charts at a testing distance of 4 meters (approximate Snellen equivalent of 20/32 to 20/160)
- Decrease in vision is due to DME and not due to other causes, in the opinion of the investigator
- Medication for the management of diabetes must have been stable within 3 months prior to randomization and is expected to remain stable during the course of the study.
Ocular concomitant conditions/ diseases
- Concomitant conditions in the study eye which could, in the opinion of the investigator, prevent the improvement of visual acuity on study treatment
- Active intraocular inflammation (grade trace or above) in either eye
- Any active infection (e.g. conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, uveitis, endophthalmitis) in either eye
- History of uveitis in either eye Systemic conditions or treatments
- Active systemic infection
- History of stroke < 3 months
- Renal failure requiring dialysis or renal transplant OR renal insufficiency with creatinine levels > 2.0 mg/dl
- Untreated diabetes mellitus
- Blood pressure systolic > 160 mmHg and diastolic > 100 mmHg
- Untreated hypertension
- Known hypersensitivity to ranibizumab or any component of the ranibizumab formulation Others
- Women of childbearing potential not using the contraception method(s) specified in this study (specify), as well as women who are breastfeeding
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Ranibizumab Ranibizumab -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method proportion of patients with a 10 letters gain on Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mean average change in BCVA from baseline 6 months mean number of injections needed to obtain a stable visual acuity for three consecutive monthly assessments 6 months if the letters gain after 2 injections is predictive from the letters gain at 6 months 6 months mean number of injections needed to obtain a 10 letters gain 6 months efficacy of ranibizumab IVT on Central Retinal Thickness (OCT) 6 months
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Novartis Investigative Site
🇫🇷Vannes, France