Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) Clinical Trials

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A Parallel-group Phase 4, Open-label, Two-arm Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal (IVT) Aflibercept With Proactive Customized Treatment Intervals in Patients ≥50 Years of Age With No Fluid Due to Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) Lesions Secondary to Neovascular (Wet) Age-related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) Following Treatment Initiation With Aflibercept

Status: Terminated
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Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 4
SUMMARY

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (nAMD or wet AMD). In people with wet AMD, the body makes too much of a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). This causes too many blood vessels to grow in the area of sharpest vision in the eye, called macula. Fluid buildup due to leakage from these vessels can damage the macula, leading to vision problems such as blurring or a blind spot in the central (straight ahead) vision needed for reading or face recognition or car driving. Wet AMD is common in people aged 50 and older. The study treatment intravitreal aflibercept (also called BAY865321) is injected into the eye. It works by blocking the VEGF protein and thus reduces blood vessel growth. It has already been approved for patients with wet AMD to be given as intravitreal injection monthly at start and then every 8 weeks or longer. Repeated injections of aflibercept prevent worsening of vision but place a burden on the patient. Doctors try to increase the time between injections (treatment interval) in routine clinical practice based on individual patient needs. This is called treat and extend (T\&E). Treatment intervals are stepwise extended or shortened depending on how the treatment works. This is checked with optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging technique used to observe relevant changes in the eye. The main purpose of this study is to learn how well aflibercept works if treatment intervals are extended faster (timepoint of extension is the same for both treatments arms), compared to standard T\&E regimen in people with wet AMD in a preselected patient population with no fluid after treatment initiation. To answer this, researchers will assess changes in vision called best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) between study start and after 36 weeks. Changes will then be compared between participants whose treatment intervals were extended early and those on standard T\&E regimen. All participants will receive 2 mg aflibercept as intravitreal injection for up to 52 weeks in intervals of every 4 to 16 weeks. Each participant will be in the study for up to 56 weeks. During this time 4 visits to the study site are set for all participants. The other visits are set individually. A final phone call is planned 3 days after treatment at the end of study. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: * check patients' eye health using various eye examination techniques (slit lamp microscopy, OCT, and ophthalmoscopy) that may necessitate eye drops to widen the pupil) * measure patients' eye vision (BCVA) * do physical examinations * check vital signs * ask the participants questions about how they are feeling and what adverse events they are having. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events that happen in studies, even if they do not think the adverse events might be related to the study treatments. In addition, participants in the fast extension arm will be provided with a home monitoring OCT device.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 50
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Written informed consent and able to read (or if unable to read due to visual impairment, be read to verbatim by the person administering the informed consent or a family member), understand, and willing to sign the informed consent form (ICF).

• Men and women ≥50 years of age.

• At treatment initiation, active macular neovascular lesions secondary to nAMD (Patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy or retinal angiomatous proliferation are eligible to participate in the study, and their condition should be captured in the electronic case report form \[eCRF\]).

• Treatment initiation with 3 × monthly IVT aflibercept injections (Weeks -16, -12, and -8 to planned study baseline visit) resulting in absence of any fluid at week -8.

• ETDRS BCVA of at least 25 letters (20/320 Snellen equivalent) in the study eye at screening visit.

• Willing, committed, and able to return for all clinic visits and complete all study-related procedures.

• Able to use the provided monitoring device and willing to perform 5 × weekly self-assessments in the Investigator's opinion.

• Women and men of reproductive potential must agree to use adequate contraception when sexually active. This applies for the time period between signing of the ICF and 3 months after the last administration of study drug.

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
Retina Center of Ottawa
Ottawa
GOGiunta ophtalmologie
Sherbrooke
United Kingdom
Bristol Eye Hospital
Bristol
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-04-25
Completion Date: 2023-07-11
Participants
Target number of participants: 3
Treatments
Experimental: Customized treatment interval
After the initial study injection at baseline, participants will receive their next study injection at Week 16. Participants in this study arm will also be issued a home monitoring device, which will allow for regular OCT monitoring (at least 5 times a week) at home.
Active_comparator: Treat and extend (T&E) 2 week adjustment
Participants will receive treatment in intervals maintained (8 weeks) or adjusted in 2 weeks increments each time (up to a maximum of 16 weeks and minimum of 4 weeks), as long as all extension/shortening criteria are met.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
Sponsors
Leads: Bayer

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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