hAM for Inferior RRD

NCT ID: NCT07081945

Last Updated: 2025-07-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-08-01

Study Completion Date

2026-07-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of using hAM patches over the retina to seal inferior retinal breaks. The researchers will evaluate whether hAM patch-assisted vitrectomy improves surgical success rate of retinal reattachment.

Detailed Description

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Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs) with inferior retinal breaks (IRB-RRD) still remains a challenge with relatively high risk of primary surgical failure and recurrent RRDs. Actually, the single-operation success rate for inferior RRD ranges from 60 % to 90 % as reported. Human amniotic membrane (hAM) and has been reported to be safe for intraocular use, such as macular hole and ocular open globe injury.

Researchers previously reported a 'sandwich' technique for flattening and positioning large-sized hAM patches over the retina, which allowed surgeons to select the optimal hAM size intraoperatively based on surgical need, and thus expanding the application of hAM in RRD. Researchers had demonstrated that covering the exposed retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) with a large-size hAM graft effectively prevented postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) by the 'sandwich' technique.

This study will include 50 patients with IRB-RRD, who will be treated with hAM patch-assisted vitrectomy, in which hAM patches will be used to seal inferior retinal breaks over the retina after complete vitrectomy. Then researchers will conduct no less than 6 months follow-up and evaluate whether hAM patch-assisted vitrectomy improves surgical success rate of retinal reattachment.

Conditions

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Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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hAM

This is a single arm study using literature-reported postoperative outcomes of IRB-RRD patients as the comparator.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

hAM

Intervention Type DEVICE

The hAM stands for human amniotic membrane, which was used to seal inferior retinal breaks after complete vitrectomy.

Interventions

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hAM

The hAM stands for human amniotic membrane, which was used to seal inferior retinal breaks after complete vitrectomy.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Subjects having given free and informed consent to take part in the study.
2. Subjects between 18 and 70 years old.
3. Subjects suffering RRD (both primary and recurrent RRDs) with at least one of these conditions:

1. inferior retinal breaks between 4- and 8-o'clock within the detached area regardless of PVR grade;
2. requiring retinotomy inferiorly between 4- and 8-o'clock (due to severe inferior PVR or inferior retinal shortening).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Subjects with RRD with only anterior retina breaks or dialysis and meet the indications for scleral buckling surgery.
2. Subjects with RRD whose retinal breaks located between the 4- and 8-o'clock positions and are not involved in the detached area.
3. Subjects with pre-existing serious eye diseases (corneal ulcers, glaucoma, uveitis, etc).
4. History of epilepsy or serious psychiatric diseases.
5. Other conditions that the researcher found improper to be included into this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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EyeEntFudan

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Zhongcui Sun, PhD.

Role: CONTACT

+8621-64377134-2501

Facility Contacts

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Zhongcui Sun, PhD

Role: primary

+8621-64377134-2501

Other Identifiers

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hAM for inferior RRD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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