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Study Assessing the effect of Brolucizumab versus Aflibercept in Adult Patientswith Visual Damage related diabetes.

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa, patients ≥18 years of age with either type 1or 2 controlled diabetes mellitus and visual impairment due to diabeticmacular edema,
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/09/015622
Lead Sponsor
Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Brief Summary

To  evaluate the safety and efficacy of Brolucizumab in treatment of patients withy visual impairment due to diabetic macular edema.

FPFV for India-1st Sep 2018

Recruitment Target for India-40 patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
356
Inclusion Criteria
  • 1.Patients must give written informed consent before any study related assessments are performed 2.
  • Patients ≥18 years of age at baseline 3.
  • Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus and HbA1c of ≤10% at screening 4.
  • 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 Study Eye 5.
  • Visual impairment due to DME with:BCVA score between 78 and 23 letters, inclusive, using Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity testing charts at a testing distance of 4 meters (approximate Snellen equivalent of 20/32 to 20/320), at screening and baseline ï‚· DME involving the center of the macula, with central subfield retinal thickness (measured from RPE to ILM inclusively) of ≥340 μm on SD-OCT at screening If both eyes are eligible, the eye with the worse visual acuity will be selected for study eye.
  • However, the investigator may select the eye with better visual acuity, based on medical reasons or local ethical requirements.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Previous treatment with any anti-VEGF drugs or investigational drugs in the study eye 2.
  • Active proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the study eye as per the investigator 3.
  • Concomitant conditions or ocular disorders in the study eye at screening or baseline which could, in the opinion of the investigator, prevent response to study treatment or may confound interpretation of study results, compromise visual acuity or require medical or surgical intervention during the first 12-month study period (e.g., cataract, vitreous hemorrhage, retinal vascular occlusion, retinal detachment, macular hole, or choroidal neovascularization of any cause) 4.
  • Any active intraocular or periocular infection or active intraocular inflammation (e.g., infectious conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, endophthalmitis, infectious blepharitis, uveitis) in study eye at screening or baseline 5.
  • Structural damage of the fovea in the study eye at screening likely to preclude improvement in visual acuity following the resolution of macular edema, including atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, subretinal fibrosis, laser scar(s), epiretinal membrane involving fovea or organized hard exudate plaques 6.
  • Uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye defined as intraocular pressure (IOP) > 25 mmHg on medication or according to investigator’s judgment, at screening or baseline 7.
  • Neovascularization of the iris in the study eye at screening or baseline 8.
  • Evidence of vitreomacular traction in the study eye at screening or baseline which, in the opinion of the investigator, affect visual acuity.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
to the visual outcomeafter the first year of treatment
To demonstrate that brolucizumab is non-inferior to aflibercept with respectafter the first year of treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To study: Brolucizumab (RTH258) is non-inferior to aflibercept (Eylea) wrt visual outcome in last 3 months of first year.Potential to extend treatment intervals for RTH258 patients during the 2nd year of treatment.Functional & anatomical outcome with RTH258 relative to Eylea.Effect of RTH258 relative to Eylea on Diabetic Retinopathy status.Safety of RTH258 relative to Eylea.Effect of RTH258 relative to Eylea on patient reported outcomes (VFQ-25)End of the trial

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Aravind Eye Hospital

🇮🇳

Coimbatore, TAMIL NADU, India

Aravind Eye Hospital Retina Vitreous services

🇮🇳

Madurai, TAMIL NADU, India

Dr .Rajendraprasad Centre for ophthalmic sciences

🇮🇳

Delhi, DELHI, India

Post Graduate Insitute of Medical Edication and Research

🇮🇳

Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

Sankara Nethralaya

🇮🇳

Chennai, TAMIL NADU, India

Aravind Eye Hospital
🇮🇳Coimbatore, TAMIL NADU, India
Dr Saravanan Veerapan
Principal investigator
9790697555
saravananvr@gmail.com

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