A Phase Ⅱ Clinical Study of Sanhuangjingshimingwan in Wet( Neovascular)Age-related Macular Degeneration(wAMD) Subjects

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Age-related Macular Degeneration
• Interventions: Drug: Sanhuangjingshimingwan; Drug: Sanhuangjingshimingwan Placebo

• Registration Number: NCT04486963
• Lead Sponsor: Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd

Brief Summary

The study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Sanhuangjingshimingwan in Wet AMD.

Detailed Description

The study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Sanhuangjingshimingwan,give two times a day versus placebo in wAMD .The clinical phase of the study comprises a 6-months double-blind treatment period, resulting in 6.5-months overall duration of the study for each patient.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-22
• Study Start: 2020-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-27
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Primary Completion: 2022-11-01
• Study Completion: 2022-11-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients must meet the following criteria for entry into the trail:

  1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for wAMD.
  2. Meet the Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostic criteria for Qi and Yin Deficiency, Phlegm-blood Stasis Syndrome.
  3. Presence of choroidal neovascularization secondary to wAMD, and/or simple eye with blood, edema, leakage, hard exudation in or below the retina, and detachment of retinal pigment epithelium or neuroepithelium epithelium.
  4. 50 years≤Age≤80 years of either gender.
  5. BCVA 25 - 78 ETDRS letters(0.06~0.6, inclusive).
  6. Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:

  1. Presence of pathological myopia,high myopia caused of secondary choroidal neovascularization, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal arteriovenous obstruction, optic neuropathy (optic neuritis, atrophy, papillary edema), macular hole, acute phase of intraocular inflammation.
  2. Only retinal pigment epithelium-retinal detachment.
  3. The CNV area is more than 12 optic disk area (30mm2).
  4. Subfoveal structural damage or fibrosis.
  5. Subjects that have unclear refractive stroma(e.g.vitreous hemorrhage, cataracts) caused fundus observation difficulty or undergone vitrectomy.
  6. Subjects that have presence of other causes of choroidal neovascularization.
  7. Subjects that have participated in other study of treatment with study drug within the last 3 months before the screening.
  8. Subjects that have treated with photodynamic therapy, external beam radiological therapy, argon laser photocoagulation in macular area, macular surgery, transpupillary thermotherapy, hormone to treat wAMD in any eye within the last 6 months before the screening.
  9. Subjects that have undergone previous any eye surgery(except eyelid surgery).
  10. Subjects that have intravitreal anti-VEGF injections in the past 3 months.
  11. Subjects with history of fundus fluorescein and indocyanine green allergy.
  12. Subjects that have any contraindications in the directions of ranibizumab(LUCENTIS)injection.
  13. Subjects that have had severe heart disease in the last 6 months,such as congestive heart failure，unstable angina，acute coronary syndrome，myocardial infarction，Coronary revascularization，artery thrombosis, and ventricular arrhythmia that need treatment.
  14. Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension（After antihypertension treatment SBP≥140mmHg、DBP≥90mmHg）.
  15. PLT≤100×109/L; Coagulation function disorders;TBIL（Total Bilirubin）>1.5×UNL（Upper Limits of Normal）;ALT（Alanine Transaminase）>2.5×UNL or AST（Aspartate aminotransferase）>2.5×UNL;Cr（Creatinine）>1.5×UNL.
  16. Subjects with uncontrolled disease history, such as serious mental, neurological, respiratory, immune, blood and other system diseases, malignant tumors and that not suitable for the study per the investigator's judgment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sanhuangjingshimingwan group	Sanhuangjingshimingwan	Sanhuangjingshimingwan,12g/bag,1 bag,Bid.Anti VEGF injection will be injected monthly if needed.
Sanhuangjingshimingwan Placebo group	Sanhuangjingshimingwan Placebo	Sanhuangjingshimingwan placebo,12g/bag,1 bag,Bid.Anti VEGF injection will be injected monthly if needed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The average number of reinjections	at week 24	The subject is injected with Anti-VEGF（Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor） injection once 4 weeks if needed.Compare with the average shoot number of Anti-VEGF injections in both arms.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The percentage of subjects in both arms receiving reinjection of Anti-VEGF injection	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The subject is injected with Anti-VEGF injection once weeks if needed.Compare with the percentage of subjects who reinjected Anti-VEGF injections in both arms.
The BCVA increasing >5, >10 and > 15 letters change from baseline	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The proportion of subjects who increased BCVA \>5, \>10 and \> 15 letters at each visit compared with the baseline.
The BCVA decreasing<5, <10 and < 15 letters change form baseline	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The proportion of subjects who decreased BCVA \<5, \<10 and \<15 letters at each visit compared with the baseline.
Change from Baseline in Central Retinal Thickness (CRT)	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	Change from Baseline in CRT as measured by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) over the study duration.
The average number of days between the second injection and baseline injection	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The subject is injected with Anti-VEGF injection once 4 weeks if needed.Compare with the average number of days between the second injection and baseline injection in both arms.
Change from Baseline in leakage area	at week 24	Change from Baseline in leakage area as measured by Fluorescein Angiography (FA) at week 24.
The BCVA decreasing≥15, ≥30 letters change form baseline	at week 24	The proportion of subjects who decreased BCVA ≥15, ≥30 letters at 24 week compared with the baseline.
Change from Baseline in the number of polypoid choroidal vasculopathy(PCV) and Branching vascular network(BVN) area	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	Change from Baseline in the number of PCV and BVN area as measured by Indocyanine Green Angiography(ICGA) over the study duration.
Change from Baseline in Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) area	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	Change from Baseline in CNV area as measured by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography(OCTA) over the study duration.
Change from Baseline in TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine) syndrome scores	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The title of the scale is Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Scale.Compared wth baseline,the scores of changes of TCM syndrome evaluation at each visit .This scale consists of two primary symptoms: Blurred vision and Metamorphopsia,and four secondary symptoms.Four levels to measure severity of primary symptoms（0、2、4、6）and secondary symptoms（0、1、2、3） respectively. The final score has a range of 0（none）to 42（severe）.TCM syndrome effect calculated by nimodipine method.The effect of TCM syndrome from negative (worsen) to 100% (disappear).
Change from baseline in BCVA	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The subject is tested the vision(BCVA) once 4 weeks with ETDRS visual chart.Compare every visit BCVA with baseline BCVA.
Change from Baseline in the effective TCM syndrome scores	at screening;at week 4;at week 8;at week 12;at week 16;at week 20;at week 24	The title of the scale is Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Scale.Compared wth baseline,the scores of changes of TCM syndrome evaluation at each visit .This scale consists of two primary symptoms: Blurred vision and Metamorphopsia,and four secondary symptoms.Four levels to measure severity of primary symptoms（0、2、4、6）and secondary symptoms（0、1、2、3） respectively. The final score has a range of 0（none）to 42（severe）.TCM syndrome effect calculated by nimodipine method.The effect of TCM syndrome from negative (worsen) to 100% (disappear).

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital; 🇨🇳 Tianjin, Tianjin, China

Beijing Hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China

Beijing Tongren Hospital; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China

The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; 🇨🇳 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Tianjin Eye Hospital; 🇨🇳 Tianjin, Tianjin, China

Shanghai General Hospital; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China