Ozurdex With Rescue Lucentis for Treating Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion

Dexamethasone Implant With Rescue Ranibizumab for Treating Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion

This study seeks to compare dexamethasone implant with rescue intravitreal ranibizumab to monthly intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of macular edema secondary to branch or central retinal vein occlusion. This is based on the null hypothesis that dexamethasone implant with rescue ranibizumab has inferior best corrected visual acuity at six months compared to monthly ranibizumab alone.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Monthly Ranibizumab; Drug: Dexamethasone intravitreal implant

Detailed Description

Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX implant; OZURDEX, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA) as needed group:

• Patients will receive a dexamethasone intravitreal implant injection at day 0. Injection procedure will be identical to those previously described.8,19,20 Topical tetracaine drops will be given, a lid speculum inserted, and then 5% povidone iodine drops will be given. After subconjunctival injection of 2% lidocaine, the 0.7mg DEX implant will be inserted through the pars plana using a customized, single use, 22-gauge applicator. Patients will be treated with topical ophthalmic antibiotics four times daily for three days after the procedure.
• During monthly visits 1,2,3, and 5, patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection if the macula SD-OCT during that visit shows mean central foveal thickness ≥ 250 μm or the best-corrected visual acuity is 20/40 or worse. The injection procedure is described in the next section.
• During monthly visit 4, patients will receive a dexamethasone intravitreal implant injection if the macula SD-OCT during that visit shows mean central foveal thickness ≥ 250 μm or the best-corrected visual acuity is 20/40 or worse.

Monthly Ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA) group:

• Patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection on day 0. During each other visit, patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection. The protocol will use the term "monthly" to represent a 30 day interval between treatments. The minimal interval between treatments may be 25 days.
• Injection procedures will be identical to those previously described.8,19,20 Topical tetracaine drops will be given, a lid speculum inserted, and then 5% povidone iodine drops will be given. After subconjunctival injection of 2% lidocaine, a 30-gauge needle will be inserted through the pars plana, and 0.5 mg (0.05mL) of drug injected.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Brianna Kenney; Email: research@midatlanticretina.com

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
      • Recruiting
      • Wills Eye Retina Service
      • Contact: Jessica Jordan; Phone Number: 215-928-3092; Email: research@midatlanticretina.com
      • Principal Investigator: Julia A. Haller, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Allen Chiang, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Ehsan Rahimy, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Allen Ho, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Sunir Garg, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Carl Regillo, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Marc Spirn, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Sonia Mehta, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed informed consent form
• 18 to 90 year-old men or women
• Women must be postmenopausal for at least 12 months before study enrollment, or surgically sterile. Potential child bearing women must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to the first treatment and practice effective contraception during and at least 120 days following the last dose of injection.
• Patient of the Wills Eye Institute Retina service, including all Mid-Atlantic Retina offices.
• Healthy enough to participate in the study.
• Willing and able to consent to participation in the study.
• Retinal vein occlusion:
• Must be diagnosed within two weeks of onset of symptoms
• Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) on initial presentation between 20/40 and 20/320
• No contraindications to intravitreal injection of dexamethasone implant or ranibizumab
• Central foveal thickness greater than 250 m on Spectral Domain-OCT

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unknown duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis.
• Patients with any history of prior intravitreal dexamethasone or anti-VEGF or grid laser.
• Patients with diabetic retinopathy.
• Patients with age-related macular degeneration.
• Patients with an optic neuropathy.
• Patients with a retinal detachment or history of retinal detachment.
• Patients with a significant epiretinal membrane.
• Patients with a history of choroidal neovascularization.
• Patients with glaucoma with visual field loss documented on a Humphrey Visual Field test or ocular hypertension requiring more than 2 medications to control IOP in the study eye.
• Patients with a clinically significant media opacity.
• Patients using or anticipating using systemic steroids.
• Patients with any uncontrolled systemic disease.
• Patients with aphakia or anterior-chamber intraocular lens.
• Patients with active neovascularization of the iris, disc, or retina.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Monthly Ranibizumab; • Patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection on day 0. During each other visit, patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection. The protocol will use the term "monthly" to represent a 30 day interval between treatments.	Drug: Monthly Ranibizumab; 30 days between treatments; Other Names: Ranibizumab
Experimental: Dexamethasone intravitreal implant; Patients will receive a dexamethasone intravitreal implant injection at day 0.; During monthly visits 1,2,3, and 5, patients will receive a ranibizumab intravitreal injection if the macula SD-OCT during that visit shows mean central foveal thickness ≥ 250 μm or the best-corrected visual acuity is 20/40 or worse. The injection procedure is described in the next section.; During monthly visit 4, patients will receive a dexamethasone intravitreal implant injection if the macula SD-OCT during that visit shows mean central foveal thickness ≥ 250 μm or the best-corrected visual acuity is 20/40 or worse.	Drug: Dexamethasone intravitreal implant; Patients will receive a Dexamethasone implant and ranibizumab, as needed. A comparison will be made between ranibizumab and Dexamethasone implant with rescue ranibizumab.; Other Names: Ozurdex - Allergan; Ranibizumab - Genentech

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Best Corrected Visual Acuity	• Primary outcome: Mean change from baseline in best corrected visual acuity score	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Foveal Thickness	Mean absolute change from baseline in central foveal thickness,; Proportion of subjects with a central foveal thickness 250m; Mean change in fluid and central foveal thickness on OCT Time Frame; Proportion of subjects who gain at least 15 letters in BCVA score; Proportion of subjects who lose fewer than 15 letters in BCVA score; The incidence of ocular and systemic adverse events; Mean change from baseline in the NEI VFQ 25 near activities; Mean change from baseline in the NEI VFQ 25 distance activities	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Brian Burke, MPH

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): April 20, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 20, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 19, 2015
• Last Verified: February 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: BCVA; retinal vein occlusion; ozurdex; lucentis; foveal thickness
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Eye Diseases; Retinal Degeneration; Retinal Diseases; Embolism and Thrombosis; Venous Thrombosis; Thrombosis; Macular Degeneration; Macular Edema; Retinal Vein Occlusion; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Dexamethasone; Ranibizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: WE IRB# 11-122