Initial Versus Delayed PDT Combination With Conbercept in PCV

NCT ID: NCT02821520

Last Updated: 2019-07-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-31

Study Completion Date

2019-06-30

Brief Summary

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To compare the initial versus delayed verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) in combination with conbercept in patients with symptomatic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).

Detailed Description

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Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is characterized by polypoidal choroidal vascular dilatation with or without abnormally branching vascular networks(BVN) on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). It has been considered to be a subtype of wet age-related macular degeneration(wAMD). PCV is more prevalent in Asian patients than in white patients; nearly half of Chinese patients who was diagnosed with wAMD actually was PCV.

However, recently, the first choice treatment for wAMD has shifted to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs, such as bevacizumab(Avastin,Genentech Inc), ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech Inc)and aflibercept (Eylea, Regeneron,Berlin,Germany) from PDT, and the vision improving effect has been confirmed regardless of race or disease subtype. Therefore, eyes with PCV can be treated initially with anti-VEGF drugs, however, they are limited in their ability to resolve polypoidal lesions, for which PDT works effectively.

Combination therapy of PDT and anti-VEGF drugs provides the complementary effects of both treatments, but it remains unknown whether PDT should have been administered at the beginning of treatment or during follow-up of anti-VEGF therapy. The purpose of this study was to compare the 12-months treatment results of initial and delayed PDT combined with conbercept (Lumitin, Chengdu Kang Hong Biotech Co., Ltd., Sichuan, China) for PCV.

Conditions

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Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Initial PDT combination with Conbercept

1. Conbercept 0.5 mg(0.05ml): Administered at baseline, and then PRN based on retreatment criteria monthly from month 1 to 11.
2. PDT: PDT with verteporfin is administered at baseline and then PRN PDT combination with conbercept injection based on retreatment criteria from month 3 to 11.

PDT treatment must be administered within 7 days after the injection. If same day treatment of conbercept and PDT is performed, conbercept injection is to be administered at least 2 hours after the PDT.

PDT should cover the whole area of polyps and branch vascular net (BVN).The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

conbercept

Intervention Type DRUG

At baseline conbercept injection is administered.And thereafter is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 1 to 11.The PRN conbercept re-injection should be monthly.

Initial PDT

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

At baseline PDT with verteporfin is administered initially.And thereafter PDT is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 3 to 11.The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Delayed PDT combination with Conbercept

1. Conbercept 0.5 mg(0.05ml): Administered at baseline, and then PRN based on retreatment criteria monthly from month 1 to 11.
2. PDT:PRN PDT combination with conbercept injection based on retreatment criteria from month 3 to 11.

PDT treatment must be administered within 7 days after the injection. If same day treatment of conbercept and PDT is performed, conbercept injection is to be administered at least 2 hours after the PDT.

PDT should cover the whole area of polyps and branch vascular net (BVN).The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

conbercept

Intervention Type DRUG

At baseline conbercept injection is administered.And thereafter is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 1 to 11.The PRN conbercept re-injection should be monthly.

Delayed PDT

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

PDT is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 3 to 11.The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Interventions

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conbercept

At baseline conbercept injection is administered.And thereafter is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 1 to 11.The PRN conbercept re-injection should be monthly.

Intervention Type DRUG

Initial PDT

At baseline PDT with verteporfin is administered initially.And thereafter PDT is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 3 to 11.The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Delayed PDT

PDT is administered based on re-treatment criteria from month 3 to 11.The PRN PDT retreatment intervals should be no less than 3 months.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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lumitin verteporfin verteporfin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Either gender,age ≥ 40.
2. BCVA at study entry of 34 to 79 letters (Snellen Equivalent 20/200 to 20/25).
3. Naive symptomatic PCV patients.
4. Presence of PCV assessed based on ICG with active polyps with or without abnormal vascular network.
5. No refractive media opacity or small pupil narrow that influence the fundus examination.
6. Women must be using effective contraception, be post-menopausal for at least months prior to trial entry, or surgically sterile.
7. Ability to provide written informed consent and to return for all study visits.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active inflammation or infection in the study eye.
2. Uncontrolled intraocular pressure (\>25 mmHg) in the study eye.
3. Ocular condition in the study eye which may impact vision and confound study outcomes (e.g. vitreomacular traction, epiretinal membrane with BCVA impact, ocular inflammation, retinal vascular diseases like diabetic retinopathy or diabetic macular edema).
4. Presence of centro macular scarring or atrophy indicating irreversible BCVA loss.
5. Prior treatment of the study eye with anti-VEGF therapy or systemic use of anti-VEGF products within 3 months prior to the study entry.
6. Previous vitrectomy, macular laser treatment, PDT, or intraocular steroids in the study eye.
7. Allergy to fluorescein, ICG, iodine, shellfish.
8. Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Xiaoling Liu

professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Xiaoling Liu, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Locations

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The first affiliated hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, affiliated with the Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status

The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Other Identifiers

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Y-2016020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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