LOADEX: PILOT AND PHASE 2 STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF A TREATMENT PROTOCOL WITH DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT LOADING DOSE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
- Conditions
- Diabetic macular oedema
- Registration Number
- 2024-514362-39-00
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Brief Summary
To describe the efficacy at 1 year (52 weeks) of a new Ozurdex® intravitreal implant treatment regimen, in terms of visual acuity, in patients with diabetic macular oedema.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing, recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Patient over 40 years old
Patient willing and able to return for all study clinical visits and to complete all related procedures.
Patient with significant diabetic macular oedema (DMO): * a central macular thickness (CMT) ≥ 285 μm measured by Spectralis/Topcon SD-OCT (spectral-domain optical coherence tomography), or a CMT ≥ 275 μm measured by Cirrus SD-OCT. * visual acuity between 20/32 and 20/230 (between 23 and 78 letters) measured using the ETDRS scale and complying with the measurement protocol at a distance of 4 metres.
Patient for which it has been decided to insert an intra-retinal dexamethasone implant
eye naive to any drug treatment (no previous intravitreal corticosteroid or anti-VEGF treatment)
patient pseudophakic for at least 3 months
HBA1c < 10%
blood pressure <160/95 mmHg
Patient who have given their free, informed and signed consent
Patient affiliated to a social security scheme or equivalent
Study eye aphakic with missing posterior lens capsule
Last session of focal laser treatment of the posterior pole of the study eye < 1 month
Vitreo-macular traction syndrome associated with an epiretinal membrane in the study eye
History of laser treatment in the macular grid of the study eye
Ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma of the studied eye treated with at least one dual therapy.
Patients with systemic pathology likely to interfere with the evolution of DME and treated with immunosuppressants, systemic corticoids, anti-aldosterone, systemic anti-VEGF, etc.
Patients undergoing systemic treatment with a toxic effect on the retina or optic nerve: deferoxamine, chloroquine /hydroxychloroquine, tamoxifen and ethambutol; currently or in the 6 months prior to inclusion.
Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of the excipients or to anesthetic or hypotonizing eye drops.
History of any pathology, metabolic disease, or any serious suspicion of disease on clinical or laboratory examination, which would contraindicate the use of the dexamethasone intraretinal implant, could affect the interpretation of study results or entail significant risks of complication for the subject.
Active or suspected infectious conjunctivitis and/or adnexal infection
Any ocular disease or condition of the study eye which, in the opinion of the investigator, may require intraocular surgery within 12 months
History of focal laser located in the study eye less than 750 microns from the fovea (1/2 Papillary Diameter)
Contralateral eye with visual acuity < 23 letters
Pregnant or breast-feeding women
Women of childbearing age, sexually active, unwilling to commit to the use of adequate and highly effective contraception during the study and up to 6 months after the last administration of study treatment: o Combined hormonal contraception (containing estrogen and progestin) for ovulation inhibition (oral, intravaginal or transdermal); o Hormonal contraception containing only a progestin to inhibit ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable); o Intrauterine device (IUD); o Intrauterine hormone delivery system (IUD); o Ovariectomy with hysterectomy, bilateral tubal occlusion or total hysterectomy for at least 6 weeks prior to inclusion, or vasectomy for at least 6 months prior to inclusion (for partners of an included patient); o Sexual abstinence. A woman will be considered to be of childbearing age from the time of her first menstrual period until the menopausal period, unless she is sterile or has had surgery such as oophorectomy with hysterectomy, bilateral tubal occlusion or total hysterectomy at least 6 weeks prior to inclusion. A post-menopausal state is defined as the absence of spontaneous menses (i.e., without other medical treatment such as hormonal contraception or hormone replacement therapy) for 12 months.
Patient of legal age (Code de la Santé Publique)
Patient currently participating in another interventional clinical trial (eye studied and/or eye not studied).
Follow-up not possible for 24 months, at the investigator's discretion
Ischaemic maculopathy (more than 2-fold increase in the surface area of the central avascular zone)
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (presence of pre-retinal neovessels) in the study eye
Eye studied with an anterior chamber implant or intraocular implant with iridal or transcleral fixation or rupture of the posterior lens capsule
Eye studied with an ARTISAN® type lens implant
Active or suspected periocular or ocular infection on the side being studied, including but not limited to most viral diseases of the cornea and conjunctiva, including active epithelial herpes simplex keratitis (dendritic keratitis), vaccinia, varicella, mycobacterial infections and mycoses.
Cataract surgery on the eye studied < 3 months
Last session of panretinal laser photocoagulation of the study eye < 1 month
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference between the highest value of Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) observed during follow-up to 52 weeks and the BCVA observed at inclusion (best observed improvement). Corrected visual acuity will be measured as the number of letters on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) scale at an initial distance of 4 meters. Difference between the highest value of Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) observed during follow-up to 52 weeks and the BCVA observed at inclusion (best observed improvement). Corrected visual acuity will be measured as the number of letters on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) scale at an initial distance of 4 meters.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Describe the time required to reach the highest MAVC value during the first 52 weeks, as well as the number of injections. Describe the time required to reach the highest MAVC value during the first 52 weeks, as well as the number of injections.
Description of VA by : oDifference between the highest value of BCVA observed up to M18 and up to M24 and the value at inclusion. Corrected VA measured on the ETDRS scale; o VA value at each visit (monthly for the 1st year) and area under the curve between inclusion and S52 and between inclusion and M24; o At S12,S24,S36,S52,M18 and M24, as well as for the highest CVAM observed in 52 weeks: proportion of patients by CVAM change category (cf protocole) Description of VA by : oDifference between the highest value of BCVA observed up to M18 and up to M24 and the value at inclusion. Corrected VA measured on the ETDRS scale; o VA value at each visit (monthly for the 1st year) and area under the curve between inclusion and S52 and between inclusion and M24; o At S12,S24,S36,S52,M18 and M24, as well as for the highest CVAM observed in 52 weeks: proportion of patients by CVAM change category (cf protocole)
Total number of injections performed per patient at S52 and M24. Total number of injections performed per patient at S52 and M24.
Patient discomfort related to the intravitreal implant, measured by a visual analog scale (VAS between 0 and 10) at each visit between S0 and S52. Patient discomfort related to the intravitreal implant, measured by a visual analog scale (VAS between 0 and 10) at each visit between S0 and S52.
At S12,S24,S36,S52,M18 and M24; as well as for the visit at which the best improvement over 52 weeks is observed: Variation in CMT and central foveolar thickness and qualitative analysis of each OCT (from a central section of the fovea: presence of interruptions of the ellipsoid, outer limiting membrane, intraretinal cysts or logettes, presence of disorganized inner retinal layers, subretinal fluid, foveolar depression, epiretinal membrane, vitreo-macular traction and macular exudates). At S12,S24,S36,S52,M18 and M24; as well as for the visit at which the best improvement over 52 weeks is observed: Variation in CMT and central foveolar thickness and qualitative analysis of each OCT (from a central section of the fovea: presence of interruptions of the ellipsoid, outer limiting membrane, intraretinal cysts or logettes, presence of disorganized inner retinal layers, subretinal fluid, foveolar depression, epiretinal membrane, vitreo-macular traction and macular exudates).
Proportion of patients with resolution of macular oedema (defined as absence of intraretinal fluid 6 months or more after the last injection) at S52 and M24. Proportion of patients with resolution of macular oedema (defined as absence of intraretinal fluid 6 months or more after the last injection) at S52 and M24.
At S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24, the number and percentage of patients with each grade of diabetic retinopathy according to the Staging DRSS will be calculated: improvement (gain of 2 levels or gain of 3 levels), no change, or worsening (loss of 2 levels or loss of 3 levels); between inclusion and S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24, according to a centralised review on colour fundus photographs including at least the 7 ETDRS fields i.e. 30 degrees. At S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24, the number and percentage of patients with each grade of diabetic retinopathy according to the Staging DRSS will be calculated: improvement (gain of 2 levels or gain of 3 levels), no change, or worsening (loss of 2 levels or loss of 3 levels); between inclusion and S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24, according to a centralised review on colour fundus photographs including at least the 7 ETDRS fields i.e. 30 degrees.
At S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24: qualitative and quantitative analysis of diabetic vascularisation and non-perfusion zones on OCT-angiography (size of capillary non-perfusion zones, size of central avascular zone, presence of macular ischaemia) according to a centralised reading At S12, S24, S36, S52, M18 and M24: qualitative and quantitative analysis of diabetic vascularisation and non-perfusion zones on OCT-angiography (size of capillary non-perfusion zones, size of central avascular zone, presence of macular ischaemia) according to a centralised reading
At each visit: condition of lens implant and posterior chamber determined by biomicroscopy with fundus. At each visit: condition of lens implant and posterior chamber determined by biomicroscopy with fundus.
Change in intraocular pressure between inclusion and S52, and between inclusion and M24, and proportion of patients using hypotonising therapy for 24 months. Change in intraocular pressure between inclusion and S52, and between inclusion and M24, and proportion of patients using hypotonising therapy for 24 months.
Adverse events observed throughout the study: o Frequency of ocular prognostic adverse events: see protocol o Incidence of non-ocular life-threatening adverse events: see protocol o Incidence of systemic adverse events: see protocol Adverse events observed throughout the study: o Frequency of ocular prognostic adverse events: see protocol o Incidence of non-ocular life-threatening adverse events: see protocol o Incidence of systemic adverse events: see protocol
Trial Locations
- Locations (22)
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
🇫🇷Paris Cedex 13, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
🇫🇷Dijon, France
Centre Hospitalier D Avignon
🇫🇷Avignon Cedex 9, France
Selarl Retine Tourny
🇫🇷Bordeaux, France
Centre Monticelli Paradis D Ophtalmologie
🇫🇷Marseille, France
Hospices Civils De Lyon
🇫🇷Lyon Cedex 03, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
🇫🇷Nice, France
Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital
🇫🇷Paris, France
Pole Vision Val D'Ouest
🇫🇷Ecully, France
Groupement Hospitalier Eaubonne Montmorency Simone Veil
🇫🇷Eaubonne, France
Scroll for more (12 remaining)Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris🇫🇷Paris Cedex 13, FranceAude CouturierSite contact0149956483audecouturier@lrb.aphp.frFrancine BEHAR-COHENSite contact0158412220francine.behar@gmail.comAudrey GIOCANTI-AUREGANSite contact0148955211audrey.giocanti@avc.aphp.frSarah TOUHAMISite contact0149956479sarah.touhami@aphp.fr