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NCT Number: NCT02609165

Nerve Growth Factor Eye Drops Treatment in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa and Cystoid Macular Edema

This study aims at investigating the therapeutic potential of recombinant human Nerve Growth Factor ( rhNGF ) eye drops treatment in patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) associated with cystoid macular edema (CME) in a phase II, randomized, double-masked, controlled clinical trial.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Ospedale Sacco, Milan, Italy

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Typical and atypical forms of retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
  • Measurable ERG with a significant decrease in the amplitude .
  • Reduction of the visual field (assessed with Humphrey field analyzer- HFA 24-2) and values of mean deviation> -3 decibel (dB).
  • RP associated with CME documented by OCT (macular thickness greater than 250 uM) present for at least three months and not in treatment for at least one month;
  • Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) between 20/100 (2/10 or 0.1 logMAR) and 20/25 (8/10 or 0.7 logMAR) and best corrected visual acuity for near not exceeding II character
  • Absence Other ocular confounding diseases
  • Participant must be medically able to undergo the testing and study procedures required in the flowsheet of exam procedures.

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of diabetes-related macular edema, or macular edema associated with other causes such as choroideal neovascularization or after the eye surgery.
  • patients with diabetes mellitus.
  • Patients who have performed eye surgery in the previous three months.
  • Evidence of an active eye infection.
  • previous uveitis or evidence of intraocular inflammation.
  • History or evidence of glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) greater than or equal to 21 mm Hg at baseline.
  • abnormalities of the anterior segment or media opacities that prevent the assessment of the posterior segment of te eye
  • The treatment with corticosteroids (systemic, periocular or intravitreal) from at least 3 months.
  • The use of any topical medication other than the study drug for the treatment of ocular pathologies.
  • Presence or history of any systemic or ocular disease or condition that may significantly limit of visual acuity or visual field, hindering the effectiveness of treatment in the study or its evaluation, or could interfere with the interpretation of The study results, or may be judged by the investigator incompatible with the visit program or with the procedures in the study.
  • Known hypersensitivity to study drug or drugs procedural.
  • Participation in another clinical study during the same period of this study or within 90 days of the screening visit / baseline.
  • History of drug use, illegal drugs or alcohol abuse or addiction.
  • Women of childbearing potential are excluded from participation in the study if they meet one of the following conditions:
  • currently pregnant or,
  • have a positive urine pregnancy test at screening / baseline or,
  • They plan to become pregnant during the treatment period of the study or,
  • They are breast-feeding or,
  • They are not available to use highly effective measures of birth control, such as: the oral hormonal contraceptives and / or mechanical barrier methods - spermicide in conjunction with a barrier such as a condom or diaphragm or during the 'entire course of the study and 30 days after treatment periods provided.

Treatment and study plan

rhNGF 180 µg/ml eye drops solution

Drug

eye drops

Other names: recombinant human Nerve Growth Factor

Vehicle Eye Drops

Drug

placebo

Other names: vehicle eye drop solution

Primary outcomes

  1. macular thickness

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment

    assessed by ocular coherence tomography (OCT)

Secondary outcomes

  1. visual field

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

    mean deviation

  2. macular photoreceptors thickness

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment, 1 month,3 months, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

    assessed by OCT

  3. macular thickness

    Time frame: 1 month,3 months, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

    assessed by OCT

  4. electroretinogram (ERG)

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

    amplitudes

  5. visual acuity

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment,1 month,3 months, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

  6. contrast sensitivity

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment, 1 month,3 months, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

  7. quality of life

    Time frame: 28 days of treatment, 1 month,3 months, 6 months and 12 months of follow-up

  8. number of cystoid macular edema relapses

    Time frame: through study completion, up to 12 months of follow-up

  9. number of drop out for inefficacy of the study treatment

    Time frame: through study completion, up to 12 months of follow-up

  10. adverse events

    Time frame: through study completion, up to 12 months of follow-up

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ospedale San Raffaele

Other

Collaborators

  • Dompé Farmaceutici S.p.A

Registry information

Official study title

Nerve Growth Factor Eye Drops as a Novel Treatment for Vision Loss in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa: From Preclinical to Clinical Phase II Trial

Acronym: NEMO

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Nov 20, 2015
Registry last updated
Sep 6, 2017

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