Immunosuppresants comparison for UVEITIS
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Non Infectious Uveitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/09/009699
- Lead Sponsor
- Proctor Foundation University of California
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 130
1) Historical non-infectious intermediate, anterior and intermediate, posterior or panuveitis in at least one eye
2) Active inflammation within the last 180 days, defined by the presence of any of the following (in at least one eye) according to SUN criteria:
a) >= 2+ anterior chamber cells
b) >= 2+ vitreous haze
c) active retinal or choroidal lesions
3) Active inflammation at enrollment, defined by the presence of any of the following (in at least one eye) according to SUN criteria:
a) >=1+ anterior chamber cells and/or
b) >=1+ vitreous haze and/or
c) active retinal/choroidal lesions
1) Any infectious cause of uveitis
2) Prior immunosuppressive therapy other than corticosteroids in the past 12 months
3) Prior intolerability or safety issues with methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil
4) Prior failure to control ocular or other inflammation using methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil
5) Prior biologic therapy at any time
6) Media opacity (such as cataract and/or corneal scar) and/or extensive posterior synechiae such that examination of the posterior segment is not possible in both eyes
7) Chronic hypotony (IOP < 5 mm Hg for > 3 months) in both eyes
8) Periocular or intravitreal corticosteroid injection in the past 4 weeks
9) Fluocinolone acetonide implant in either eye in < 3 years
10) Intraocular surgery in < 30 days, or planning on getting surgery within the next 6 months
11) Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of hand motions or worse in better eye
< 16 years of age at enrollment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Treatment Success of <br/ ><br>Controlled ocular inflammation (â?¤ 0.5+ anterior chamber cells, â?¤ 0.5+ vitreous haze, no active retinal/choroidal lesions in both eyes) with 7.5 mg/day of oral prednisone and â?¤ 2 drops/day of topical 1% prednisolone acetateTimepoint: 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in visual acuity Macular edema <br/ ><br>Time to control of inflammation <br/ ><br>Changes in quality of life Adverse event rateTimepoint: 6 months