Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Neuroprotective Drugs Administered Topically to Prevent or Arrest Diabetic Retinopathy

NCT ID: NCT01726075

Last Updated: 2016-01-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

450 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-02-28

Study Completion Date

2015-11-30

Brief Summary

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To assess whether neuroprotective drugs administered topically (somatostatin and brimonidine) are able to prevent or arrest the development and progression of neurodegenerative changes

Detailed Description

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To assess whether neuroprotective drugs administered topically (somatostatin and brimonidine) are able to prevent or arrest the development and progression of neurodegenerative changes related to diabetic retinopathy.

Conditions

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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COLIRIOBCN070660

COLIRIOBCN070660 Somatostatin 1mg/mL Eye drops, solution. One drop/eye administered twice a day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

COLIRIOBCN070660

Intervention Type DRUG

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Placebo

Placebo Eye drops, solution. One drop/eye administered twice a day.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Brimonidine

Brimonidine tartrate 2mg/mL One drop/eye administered twice a day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brimonidine

Intervention Type DRUG

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Interventions

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COLIRIOBCN070660

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Brimonidine

One drop per eye twice a day during 24 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Somatostatin eye drops placebo eye drops Brimonidine eye drops

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
2. Diabetes duration ≥ 5 years
3. Aged between 45-75 years-old
4. ETDRS level \< 20 (microaneurysms absent) (50% of enrolled patients) Or ETDRS levels 20 or 35 with presence of at least one microaneurysm in Field 2 between the superior and inferior arcades (50% of enrolled patients) in the Study Eye as determined by the Reading Centre.
5. Informed Consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous laser photocoagulation
2. Other diseases which may induce retinal degeneration (e.g. glaucoma)
3. Subject with a refractive error ≥ ± 5 diopter
4. Inadequate ocular media and/ or pupil dilatation that do not permit good quality fundus photography.
5. Renal failure (creatinine \> 1.4 mg/dl)
6. HbA1C \> 10 % in the previous 6 months and at Screening
7. Subjects taking somatostatin or brimonidine, for any indication, in the previous 3 months
8. Subject has a condition or is in a situation which may put the subject at significant risk, may confound the study results or may interfere significantly with the patient's participation in the study.
9. Pregnancy or nursing
10. Hypersensitivity to the active substances to be tested or to any of the excipients
11. Subject receiving systemic monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor therapy or antidepressants which affect noradrenergic transmission (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants and mianserin)
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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BCN Peptides

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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José Cunha-Vaz, Prof.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image

Locations

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Syddansk Universitet (SDU)

Odense, , Denmark

Site Status

AP - Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Paris, Paris, France

Site Status

Universitaet Ulm (UUlm)

Ulm, , Germany

Site Status

Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele (USR)

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Universita degli Study di Padova(UPadova)

Padua, , Italy

Site Status

Aibili - Cec

Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal

Site Status

Institut Catala de la Salut - Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (ICS-HUVH)

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Site Status

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CHGH)

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MEH)

London, London, United Kingdom

Site Status

Aston University (UAston)Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

The University of Liverpool (UOL)

Liverpool, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark France Germany Italy Portugal Spain United Kingdom

References

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Cunha-Vaz J, Ribeiro L, Costa M, Simo R. Diabetic Retinopathy Phenotypes of Progression to Macular Edema: Pooled Analysis From Independent Longitudinal Studies of up to 2 Years' Duration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 May 1;58(6):BIO206-BIO210. doi: 10.1167/iovs.17-21780.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28785768 (View on PubMed)

Santos AR, Ribeiro L, Bandello F, Lattanzio R, Egan C, Frydkjaer-Olsen U, Garcia-Arumi J, Gibson J, Grauslund J, Harding SP, Lang GE, Massin P, Midena E, Scanlon P, Aldington SJ, Simao S, Schwartz C, Ponsati B, Porta M, Costa MA, Hernandez C, Cunha-Vaz J, Simo R; European Consortium for the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy (EUROCONDOR). Functional and Structural Findings of Neurodegeneration in Early Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy: Cross-sectional Analyses of Baseline Data of the EUROCONDOR Project. Diabetes. 2017 Sep;66(9):2503-2510. doi: 10.2337/db16-1453. Epub 2017 Jun 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28663190 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2012-001200-38

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

4C-2011-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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