High Speed Indocyanine Green Angiography Findings in Ranibizumab Treatment for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Ocular |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Ophthalmology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 50 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/24/2019 |
| Start Date: | April 7, 2008 |
| End Date: | August 19, 2014 |
High Speed Indocyanine Green Angiography Findings in Induction/PRN Regimen of Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
This study will use an eye imaging test called high speed indocyanine green angiography
(HS-ICG), which examines leaky vessels in the eye, to try to find out why individuals respond
differently to ranibizumab (Lucentis) treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration
(AMD). The drug was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat this
disease, but the response to the treatment varies markedly among individuals.
People 50 years of age and older with wet AMD and vision that meets the research protocol
criteria may be eligible for this study. Participants undergo the following procedures:
Ranibizumab injections in the study eye once a month for 4 months. Additional injections are
given only if the study eye shows signs of bleeding or leaking fluid. The eye is numbed
before the injection and the eye area is cleaned with an antiseptic. Antibiotic drops are
used for 3 days following the injection to prevent infection.
Clinic visits once a month for 2 years for evaluations to monitor the response to treatment.
The evaluations may include the following examinations and tests:
- Eye examination with dilation, optical coherence tomography and photography: The
examination measures visual acuity, thickness of your retina (the back of the eye)
andeye pressure. Bright lights will also be used so that the doctor can see the back of
your eye. Photographs of the eye may be taken.
- Fluorescein angiography to examine the blood vessels in the eye: A dye called
fluorescein is injected into a vein in the arm. The dye travels through the veins to the
blood vessels in the eyes. A camera takes pictures of the dye as it flows through the
blood vessels. This test is done eight times during the study.
- Indocyanine green angiography to examine the blood vessels in the eye: The procedure is
the same as for fluorescein angiography, but it uses a dye called indocyanine green.
This test is done once a month for the first year of the study and then every 3 months.
(HS-ICG), which examines leaky vessels in the eye, to try to find out why individuals respond
differently to ranibizumab (Lucentis) treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration
(AMD). The drug was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat this
disease, but the response to the treatment varies markedly among individuals.
People 50 years of age and older with wet AMD and vision that meets the research protocol
criteria may be eligible for this study. Participants undergo the following procedures:
Ranibizumab injections in the study eye once a month for 4 months. Additional injections are
given only if the study eye shows signs of bleeding or leaking fluid. The eye is numbed
before the injection and the eye area is cleaned with an antiseptic. Antibiotic drops are
used for 3 days following the injection to prevent infection.
Clinic visits once a month for 2 years for evaluations to monitor the response to treatment.
The evaluations may include the following examinations and tests:
- Eye examination with dilation, optical coherence tomography and photography: The
examination measures visual acuity, thickness of your retina (the back of the eye)
andeye pressure. Bright lights will also be used so that the doctor can see the back of
your eye. Photographs of the eye may be taken.
- Fluorescein angiography to examine the blood vessels in the eye: A dye called
fluorescein is injected into a vein in the arm. The dye travels through the veins to the
blood vessels in the eyes. A camera takes pictures of the dye as it flows through the
blood vessels. This test is done eight times during the study.
- Indocyanine green angiography to examine the blood vessels in the eye: The procedure is
the same as for fluorescein angiography, but it uses a dye called indocyanine green.
This test is done once a month for the first year of the study and then every 3 months.
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness among
elderly in the United States.1 Ranibizumab, an inhibitor of all forms of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF), is the first FDA-approved treatment for AMD that significantly improves
vision in a quarter to a third of patients and maintains or improves vision in greater than
90% of patients. Ranibizumab decreases the vasopermeability as measured by decreased leakage
and fluid on fluorescein (FA) and optical coherence tomography. However, the effect of
ranibizumab on the structure and hemodynamics of the choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in
AMD, as measured with high-speed indocyanine green angiography (HS-ICG), is not known. The
effect or lack of effect on the physical structure of the CNV may help explain the
variability of injection frequencies and visual responses among different patients. Since
anti-VEGF therapy is designed to inhibit exudative CNV, it is clinically important to develop
a standard reproducible method to assess HS-ICG.
In this observational study, our primary objective is to assess whether induction/pro re nata
(Induction/PRN) 0.5 mg intravitreal ranibizumab-based treatment for neovascular AMD decreases
the size and pattern of the CNV as measured on HS-ICG, as opposed to simply decreasing
leakage and fluid as seen on FA and OCT. Although combination therapy is likely the standard
treatment for AMD in the future, participants will not be allowed to receive other AMD
experimental agents (e.g., immunosuppressive drugs) for either the study or fellow eye while
on this study. In consultation with various reading centers, we will attempt to develop a
reproducible schema for evaluation of HS-ICG by reviewing pre-treatment and post-treatment
HS-ICGs. The grading system development is a secondary objective to achieve a better
understanding of anatomical and functional results and an important task for future research.
In this study, the first 10 cases will be used to attempt to develop a reproducible grading
system. The NEI retina group will review these ICGs and attempt to identify gradable aspects
of the lesions that are consistently present on the ICGs. During this time we will continue
to collect additional cases for evaluation. The grading system proposed from the first 10
cases will be implemented in the next 10 cases. There will be two independent gradings for
each ICG. The results of this dual grading will then be reviewed and problematic areas of
grading will be identified. The grading system will be modified based on this experience and
reproducibility of the modified grading system will be assessed by re-grading the images in a
masked fashion. The modified grading system will be utilized in the next 10 cases. This
iterative process will be continued until we have either developed a reproducible and useful
grading system or completed the full participant analysis. Another important secondary
objective is to examine whether an increased dose of 1 mg of intravitreal ranibizumab-based
treatment (administered as 1 mg monthly or 0.5 mg bi-monthly) will decrease leakage and fluid
as seen on FA and OCT and/or decrease the size and pattern of CNV on HS-ICG for participants
not becoming fluid-free on the standard dose.
elderly in the United States.1 Ranibizumab, an inhibitor of all forms of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF), is the first FDA-approved treatment for AMD that significantly improves
vision in a quarter to a third of patients and maintains or improves vision in greater than
90% of patients. Ranibizumab decreases the vasopermeability as measured by decreased leakage
and fluid on fluorescein (FA) and optical coherence tomography. However, the effect of
ranibizumab on the structure and hemodynamics of the choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in
AMD, as measured with high-speed indocyanine green angiography (HS-ICG), is not known. The
effect or lack of effect on the physical structure of the CNV may help explain the
variability of injection frequencies and visual responses among different patients. Since
anti-VEGF therapy is designed to inhibit exudative CNV, it is clinically important to develop
a standard reproducible method to assess HS-ICG.
In this observational study, our primary objective is to assess whether induction/pro re nata
(Induction/PRN) 0.5 mg intravitreal ranibizumab-based treatment for neovascular AMD decreases
the size and pattern of the CNV as measured on HS-ICG, as opposed to simply decreasing
leakage and fluid as seen on FA and OCT. Although combination therapy is likely the standard
treatment for AMD in the future, participants will not be allowed to receive other AMD
experimental agents (e.g., immunosuppressive drugs) for either the study or fellow eye while
on this study. In consultation with various reading centers, we will attempt to develop a
reproducible schema for evaluation of HS-ICG by reviewing pre-treatment and post-treatment
HS-ICGs. The grading system development is a secondary objective to achieve a better
understanding of anatomical and functional results and an important task for future research.
In this study, the first 10 cases will be used to attempt to develop a reproducible grading
system. The NEI retina group will review these ICGs and attempt to identify gradable aspects
of the lesions that are consistently present on the ICGs. During this time we will continue
to collect additional cases for evaluation. The grading system proposed from the first 10
cases will be implemented in the next 10 cases. There will be two independent gradings for
each ICG. The results of this dual grading will then be reviewed and problematic areas of
grading will be identified. The grading system will be modified based on this experience and
reproducibility of the modified grading system will be assessed by re-grading the images in a
masked fashion. The modified grading system will be utilized in the next 10 cases. This
iterative process will be continued until we have either developed a reproducible and useful
grading system or completed the full participant analysis. Another important secondary
objective is to examine whether an increased dose of 1 mg of intravitreal ranibizumab-based
treatment (administered as 1 mg monthly or 0.5 mg bi-monthly) will decrease leakage and fluid
as seen on FA and OCT and/or decrease the size and pattern of CNV on HS-ICG for participants
not becoming fluid-free on the standard dose.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- The participant must understand and sign the IRB-approved informed consent document
for the study.
- The participant must be greater than or equal to 50 years old.
- The participant must be diagnosed with AMD in at least one eye defined by the presence
of drusen at least 63 (alpha)m in size.
- The participant must have CNV or associated exudation secondary to AMD as determined
by the investigator.
- The participant must have visual acuity of better than 20/400 in the affected eye as
measured on an ETDRS chart.
- The participant has retinal photographs and angiography of sufficient quality,
allowing assessment of the macular area according to standard clinical practice.
- Women participants of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breast-feeding,
must have a negative pregnancy test at screening, must be willing to undergo a urine
pregnancy test throughout the study and must practice an adequate method of birth
control. Acceptable methods of birth control include hormonal contraception (birth
control pills, injected hormones or vaginal ring), intrauterine device, barrier
methods with spermicide (diaphragm with spermicide, condom and spermicide) or surgical
sterilization (hysterectomy or tubal ligation).
The participant must be willing and able to comply with the protocol.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- The participant has CNV, associated with other ocular diseases such as pathologic
myopia, ocular histoplasmosis or posterior uveitis, etc.
- The participant has geographic atrophy or fibrosis under the fovea that prevents
visual acuity improvement at the discretion of the investigator.
- The participant has decreased vision due to retinal disease not attributable to CNV,
such as nonexudative forms of AMD, geographic atrophy, inherited retinal dystrophy,
uveitis, or epiretinal membrane.
- The participant has any additional ocular diseases that have irreversibly compromised
or could likely compromise the visual acuity of the study eye including amblyopia,
anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, clinically significant diabetic macular edema,
severe non proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
- The participant has decreased vision due to significant media opacity such as corneal
disease or cataract, or opacity precluding photography of the retina; a tear of the
RPE; a vitelliform-like lesion of the outer retina (e.g., as in pattern dystrophies or
basal laminar cuticular drusen), idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis, or central
serous chorioretinopathy.
- The participant has a history of treatment for CNV in the study eye with focal laser
photocoagulation (subfoveal, juxtafoveal or extrafoveal), verteporfin/photodynamic
therapy, transpupillary thermotherapy, external beam radiation therapy, or other local
treatment (such as submacular surgery) that has resulted in significant subfoveal
atrophy or fibrosis as determined by the investigator.
- The participant has had previous ranibizumab, bevacizumab or pegaptanib sodium
treatments in the study eye less than four weeks prior to enrollment.
- The participant has had prior verteporfin/photodynamic therapy in the fellow eye less
than one week prior to enrollment.
- The participant has evidence of ocular toxoplasmosis; external ocular infection,
including conjunctivitis; chalazion; significant blepharitis; or aphakia in the study
eye.
- The participant has a history of systemic anti-VEGF therapy less than four weeks prior
to enrollment.
- The participant has had intraocular surgery (including lens replacement surgery)
within six weeks prior to enrollment.
- The participant has a history of (within the last six months), or current ocular or
periocular infection (including any history of ocular herpes zoster or simplex).
- The participant has had a prior vitrectomy in the study eye.
- The participant has medical problems that make consistent follow-up over the treatment
period unlikely (e.g., stroke, severe MI, end stage malignancy), any contraindications
to performing the necessary diagnostic studies (i.e., known allergy to indocyanine
green or fluorescein dyes, etc.), or in general is a poor medical risk because of
other systemic diseases or active uncontrolled infections.
- The participant has had insertion of a sclera buckle in the study eye.
- The participant has clinical evidence of scleral thinning (defined as an area of
blue/grey discoloration of the sclera representing visualization of underlying
choroidal tissue through a thinned area of sclera) seen at the time of external eye
examination.
- The participant exhibits clinical signs of myopic retinopathy, or has a refraction of
> spherical equivalent 8.00D in their current prescription. Pseudophakic participants
may be enrolled in this study if there is no funduscopic evidence of degenerative
myopia present and if there is no medical history prior to the participants cataract
surgery of either myopic retinopathy or a refraction of > spherical equivalent 8.00D.
- The participant has a history of a corneal transplant.
- The participant has infectious conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, or
endophthalmitis.
- The participant is currently undergoing treatment for active ocular infection.
- The participant has a shellfish allergy, iodine allergy or liver disease.
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Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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