Fenofibrate for Prevention of DR Worsening

NCT ID: NCT04661358

Last Updated: 2025-11-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

560 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-03-05

Study Completion Date

2029-12-31

Brief Summary

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This randomized trial will evaluate the effect of fenofibrate compared with placebo for prevention of diabetic retinopathy (DR) worsening through 6 years of follow-up in eyes with mild to moderately severe non-proliferative DR (NPDR) and no CI-DME at baseline.

In addition to evaluating efficacy, this study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a model for ophthalmologists to prescribe or collaborate with a primary care provider such as an internist/endocrinologist to prescribe and monitor the drug safely. If this study demonstrates that fenofibrate is effective for reducing the onset of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) or and the results are adopted by the community of retina specialists, a new strategy to prevent vision threatening complications of diabetes could be widely adopted. Widespread use of an oral agent effective at reducing worsening of DR would decrease the numbers of patients who undergo more invasive and much more expensive treatment for DR and who are consequently at risk for side effects that adversely affect visual function. This study will also assess the relationship of glycemic variability, as measured by continuous glucose monitoring with DR outcomes. Ancillary studies will characterize functional and structural outcomes in this cohort.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Keywords

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Fenofibrate non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Fenofibrate 160-mg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fenofibrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants begin with a dose of either 160mg or 54mg fenofibrate, based on eGFR value at screening, taken once daily with food. The dose may be adjusted during follow-up based on protocol guidelines.

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants begin with a dose of either 160mg or 54mg placebo, based on eGFR value at screening, taken once daily with food. The dose may be adjusted during follow-up based on protocol guidelines.

Interventions

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Fenofibrate

Participants begin with a dose of either 160mg or 54mg fenofibrate, based on eGFR value at screening, taken once daily with food. The dose may be adjusted during follow-up based on protocol guidelines.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Participants begin with a dose of either 160mg or 54mg placebo, based on eGFR value at screening, taken once daily with food. The dose may be adjusted during follow-up based on protocol guidelines.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥18 years and \< 80 years.
* Type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
* At least one eye with the following:

* Mild to moderately severe NPDR (defined by ETDRS DR severity level 35 to 47), confirmed by central Reading Center grading of fundus photographs.
* Best-corrected E-ETDRS visual acuity letter score of ≥74 (approximate Snellen equivalent 20/32 or better). If best corrected letter score is 74-78, investigator must verify that vision loss is not due to the presence of CI-DME, cataract, or other condition that may affect visual acuity during the course of the study.
* If only one eye is eligible, the non-study eye must have at least microaneurysms only (DR severity level 20)

Exclusion Criteria

* Current CI-DME based on clinical exam or OCT central subfield thickness (CST)

* Zeiss Cirrus: CST ≥290 µm in women or ≥ 305 µm in men
* Heidelberg Spectralis: CST ≥305 µm in women or ≥320 µm in men
* Any prior treatment for DME or DR, other than focal/grid laser. If the eye has a history of focal/grid laser, it must be at least 12 months prior.
* History of intraocular anti-VEGF or corticosteroid treatment within the prior year for any indication

Participant-level exclusion criterion (the participant is ineligible if the following criterion is met):

• Decreased renal function, defined as requiring dialysis or central laboratory eGFR value \< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Jaeb Center for Health Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Eye Institute (NEI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Roche Pharma AG

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Emily Y Chew, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Locations

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Kent W. Small, MD, AMC

Glendale, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Salehi Retina Institute Inc.

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UCLA Stein Eye Institute

Pasadena, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Regents of the University of California, Davis, DBA University of California, Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

National Ophthalmic Research Institute

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Florida- Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Florida Retina Institute, James A. Staman, MD, PA- Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Florida Retina Consultants

Lakeland, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Florida Retina Institute, James A. Staman, MD, PA- Orlando

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Southeast Eye Institute, P.A. dba Eye Associates of Pinellas

Pinellas Park, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Vitreous Consultants, LLP

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Sarasota Retina Institute

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

SEASHORE RETINA LLC DBA Retina Specialists of Tampa

Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Southeast Retina Center, P.C.

Augusta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Marietta Eye Clinic

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Thomas Eye Group

Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

UIC - Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Illinois Retina Associates SC - Oak Park Site

Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Midwest Eye Institute

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

John Kenyon American Eye Institute, LLC

New Albany, Indiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Wolfe Eye Clinic-Cedar Rapids

Hiawatha, Iowa, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Wolfe Clinic, P.C.- West Des Moines

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Mid-America Retina Consultants, P.A.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc.

Prairie Village, Kansas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Joseph E. Humble and Raymond Haik PTRS DBA Eye Assoc of Northeast Louisiana

West Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Elman Retina Group, P.A.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Valley Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Ayer, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Joslin Diabetes Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Foundation for Vision Research and Retina Specialists of Michigan, P.C.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Vitreo-Retinal Associates

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Center, PA DBA Retina Center of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

The Curators of the University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Washington University Ophthalmology

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Research Institute, LLC

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central NY, PC

Liverpool, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

MaculaCare

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Associates of Western NY, P.C.

Rochester, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Pamela Weber, MD/Island Retina

Shirley, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation DBA Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Dean A. McGee Eye Institute

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Verum Research LLC

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Consultants, LLC

Salem, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Cascade Medical Research Institute, LLC

Springfield, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina-Vitreous Consultants, Inc.

Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Pittsburg Clinical Trial Consortium

Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Southeastern Retina Associates, P.C.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Austin Research Center for Retina

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Austin Retina Associates

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Consultants of Texas

Beaumont, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retina Consultants of Texas, PA

Bellaire, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Texas Retina Associates

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Retinal Consultants of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Gunderson Health System

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Eye Clinic of Wisconsin

Wausau, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Adam R Glassman, MS

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 813-975-8690

Email: [email protected]

Emily Chew, MD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Kent W Small, MD, AMC

Role: primary

Hani Salehi-Had, MD

Role: primary

David I. Sierpina, MD

Role: primary

Michael Ip, MD

Role: primary

Ala Moshiri, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Jay M. Stewart, MD

Role: primary

Avtar T Ghuman, MD

Role: primary

Sandeep Grover, MD

Role: primary

Benjamin J Thomas, MD

Role: primary

Scott M. Friedman, MD

Role: primary

Matthew A. Cunningham, MD

Role: primary

Jason M. Handza, DO

Role: primary

John H. Niffeneger, MD

Role: primary

Marc H Levy, MD, FACS

Role: primary

Ahmad B. Tarabishy, MD

Role: primary

Dennis M. Marcus, MD

Role: primary

Annal D Meleth, MD, MS

Role: primary

Paul L. Kaufman, MD

Role: primary

Alice Lyon, MD

Role: primary

Mathew W. MacCumber, PhD, MD

Role: primary

Jennifer Lim, MD

Role: primary

Mathew W MacCumber, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Raj K Maturi, MD, P.C.

Role: primary

Howard S Lazarus, MD

Role: primary

Paul S Boeke, MD

Role: primary

Jared S Nielsen, MD

Role: primary

William N. Rosenthal

Role: primary

Radwan Ajlan, MBBCh

Role: primary

Ruben A. Grigorian, MD

Role: primary

Michael J. Elman, MD

Role: primary

Gisela Velez, MD, MPH, MA

Role: primary

Steven D. Ness, MD

Role: primary

George S Sharuk, MD

Role: primary

Paul A Edwards, MD

Role: primary

Thomas M. Aaberg, MD

Role: primary

Louis C Glazer, MD

Role: primary

Abdhish R Bhavsar, MD

Role: primary

Andrew J. Barkmeier, MD

Role: primary

Ahmed M. Elkeeb, MD

Role: primary

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Alia K. Durrani, MD

Role: primary

Kevin I. Rosenberg

Role: primary

Daniel F. Rosberger, MD, PhD, MPH

Role: primary

Matthew T Witmer, MD

Role: primary

Pamela Weber, MD, PC

Role: primary

Jan N. Ulrich, MD

Role: primary

Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya, MD

Role: primary

Ronald M. Kingsley, MD

Role: primary

Albert O. Edwards, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Merina Thomas, MD

Role: primary

Scott M McClintic, MD

Role: primary

Allan A. Hunter, MD

Role: primary

Karl R. Olsen, MD

Role: primary

Leanne T. Labriola, DO, MBA

Role: primary

Joseph M Googe, Jr, MD

Role: primary

Avni P. Finn, MD,MBA

Role: primary

Chirag Jhaveri, MD

Role: primary

Robert W Wong, MD

Role: primary

William Peace, MD

Role: primary

Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA

Role: primary

Michel Shami, MD

Role: primary

Darrell E. Baskin, MD

Role: primary

Kasra Rezaei, MD

Role: primary

Peter Bracha, MD

Role: primary

Deepak Sambhara, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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U10EY014231

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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DRCR.net Protocol AF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id