Efficacy and Safety of AEYE-DS Software Device for Automated Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy From Digital Fundus Images

July 10, 2023 updated by: AEYE Health LLC

Pivotal Prospective Clinical Trial to Demonstrate the Efficacy and Safety of AEYE-DS Software Device for Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Detection From Digital Fundoscopic Images

AEYE-DS is a software device developed to increase compliance with diabetic retinopathy screening by automatically detecting more-than-mild diabetic retinopathy from digital fundus images using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based software. This study has been designed to validate the safety and efficacy of the device at primary care and other point of care sites.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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531

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Kentucky
      • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40206
        • The Eye Care Institute

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

22 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥22
  • Male or female
  • Documented diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, meeting the criteria established by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and World Health Organization (WHO).
  • Understand the study and volunteer to sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uncorrectable vision loss (e.g., with the use of eyeglasses), blurred vision, or floaters.
  • Diagnosed with macular edema, severe non-proliferative retinopathy, proliferative retinopathy, radiation retinopathy, or retinal vein occlusion.
  • History of laser treatment of the retina or injections into either eye, or any history of retinal surgery.
  • Currently participating in another investigational eye study and actively receiving investigational product for Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) or Diabetic Macular Edema (DME).
  • Participant has a condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude participation in the study (e.g., unstable medical status including blood pressure or glycemic control, microphthalmia or previous enucleation).

  • Participant is contraindicated for imaging by fundus imaging systems used in the study:

    1. Participant is hypersensitive to light
    2. Participant recently underwent photodynamic therapy (PDT)
    3. Participant is taking medication that causes photosensitivity
    4. Participant has a history of angle-closure glaucoma or narrow anterior chamber angles

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: AEYE Software Device
An AI software device (AEYE-DS) to be used as a diagnostic tool to assist primary care clinicians in screening for diabetic retinopathy using digital funduscopic images. The device automatically detects more than mild diabetic retinopathy (mtmDR) in adults diagnosed with diabetes who have not been previously diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy.
Device: AEYE Software Device

Eligible participants will undergo the following procedures:

  • Photographic imaging of each eye using a funduscopy camera device. Images obtained will be sent to the AEYE-DS software for analysis.
  • Additional photographic and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images will be obtained using a second funduscopy/OCT camera device. Images obtained will be sent to a professional reading center for analysis.
  • All study subjects will have their pupils dilated using dilation drops.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sensitivity and Specificity, Based on Two Macula-centered Images (One Image From Each Eye of the Patient)
Time Frame: 1 day
Sensitivity and specificity of the AEYE-DS device to detect mtmDR on digital funduscopic images, acquired by the Topcon NW400 fundoscopy device, based on two macula-centered images (one image from each eye of the patient). Sensitivity and specificity were calculated by comparing the output results of the AEYE-DS device to the ground truth (diagnostic determination by an independent, blinded panel of expert ophthalmologists at a reading center). The worst of two eyes was compared with the AEYE-DS output at the participant level.
1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sensitivity and Specificity, Based on Four Images (One Macula Centered Image and One Optic Disc Centered Image Per Eye)
Time Frame: 1 day
Sensitivity and specificity of the AEYE-DS device to detect mtmDR from digital funduscopic images, acquired by the Topcon NW400 fundoscopy device, based on four images (one macula centered image and one optic disc centered image per eye). Sensitivity and specificity were calculated by comparing the output results of the AEYE-DS device to the ground truth (diagnostic determination by an independent, blinded panel of expert ophthalmologists at a reading center). The worst of two eyes was compared with the AEYE-DS output at the participant level.
1 day
Imageability, Based on Two Macula-centered Images (One Image From Each Eye of the Patient)
Time Frame: 1 day
To assess the imageability of AEYE-DS, defined as the percentage of participants with a diagnostic output (positive for more than mild DR or negative for more than mild DR) from the AEYE-DS device. Participants with no diagnostic output (i.e., AEYE-DS output of "Insufficient Quality") lowers the imageability of the AEYE-DS.
1 day
Imageability, Based on Four Images (One Macula Centered Image and One Optic Disc Centered Image Per Eye)
Time Frame: 1 day
To assess the imageability of AEYE-DS, defined as the percentage of participants with a diagnostic output (positive for more than mild DR or negative for more than mild DR) from the AEYE-DS device. Participants with no diagnostic output (i.e., AEYE-DS output of "Insufficient Quality") lowers the imageability of the AEYE-DS.
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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AEYE Health LLC

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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October 16, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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November 28, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 26, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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October 28, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 28, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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November 3, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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August 1, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 10, 2023

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2023

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • AEYE-DS-001

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

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