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Open Label Extension of a Clinical Trial of Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Diabetic Macular Oedema-TDMX Study

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00148330
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 7, 2005
Last Update Posted : June 30, 2010
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University of Sydney

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

This open label extension will treat all the eyes of study participants with active study medication (intravitreal triamcinolone) as well as standard laser treatment where appropriate.

The specific aims will be to test the following hypotheses:

  • That intravitreal triamcinolone for diabetic macular oedema that persists or recurs after laser treatment remains efficacious over five years
  • That intravitreal triamcinolone for diabetic macular oedema that persists or recurs after laser treatment retains a manageable and acceptable safety profile over five years

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Diabetic Macular Oedema Drug: Triamcinolone acetate Phase 2 Phase 3

Detailed Description:
A 25 fold increase in the risk of going blind on diagnosis of diabetes is one of the most daunting threats that patients face. People using insulin are particularly challenged because they are unable accurately to draw up their dose of drug. Most cases of vision impairment in diabetes are due to macular oedema that persists or recurs after laser treatment. There are now a number of uncontrolled, anecdotal reports that intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA) is highly effective for the treatment of diabetic macular edema which is refractory to conventional laser treatment. We commenced the first placebo-controlled, double masked clinical trial of IVTA for refractory macular oedema in 2002. The 3 month results from this study provide the first scientific proof of principle that IVTA reduces macular thickness and improves vision. The two year results will be available in March 2005, but confidential interim analysis of efficacy data in September 2004 suggested that the beneficial effect of triamcinolone treatment persisted. Thus it appears that treatment with IVTA may be the most significant development for the prevention of blindness in people with diabetes since the introduction of laser treatment. It would also be a highly cost-effective intervention that could be administered by general ophthalmologists. The treatment cannot be recommended for routine use, however, until its long term efficacy and safety have been established. Since we already have a well studied group of patients who have received treatment for 2 years, we are in a unique position to extend the study in order to provide the long-term (5-year) safety and efficacy data that does not appear to be forthcoming from any other source. The completion of this study will have a direct and immediate effect on the risk of blindness in people with diabetes by allowing doctors to predict more accurately the long term effects of this promising new treatment.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 64 participants
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open Label Extension of the Phase II/III Clinical Trial of Intravitreal Triamcinolone on the Effects and Safety of Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Oedema That Persists After Laser Treatment
Study Start Date : May 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2008
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2008

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MedlinePlus related topics: Edema

Arms and Interventions
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Intervention Details:
  • Drug: Triamcinolone acetate
    When indicated, intravitreal triamcinolone (0.1 ml of Kenacort 40© [40mg/ml triamcinolone acetonide, Bristol-Myers Squibb pharmaceuticals, Australia]) was injected into the vitreous under sterile conditions in a minor procedures area.
    Other Name: Kenacort 40©

Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Increase of ≥5 letters at the 5-year study visit on a LogMAR chart compared with (a) the initial baseline level and (b) the level at the 2-year study visit. [ Time Frame: 3 year extension, total 5 years study from baseline ]

    Changes from Baseline to 5 years: Improvement of ≥5 letters after 5 years was found in 14/33 (42%) eyes initially treated with triamcinolone compared with 11/34 (32%) eyes initially treated with placebo (zGEE=0.81, P=0.4).

    Changes from 2 to 5 years (open-label extension):Improvement of ≥5 letters of best-corrected visual acuity was found in 8/29 (28%) eyes initial-triamcinolone compared with 7/28 (25%) initial-placebo eyes (zGEE=0.20, P=0.8).


  2. Incidence of moderate or severe adverse events over the 3 years of the open-label extension [ Time Frame: 3 year extension study, total 5 year study from baseline ]
    The incidence of cataract surgery declined in the third year: 5/11 (45%) eyes from the initial-triamcinolone group that were phakic at the beginning of the 3rd year required cataract surgery.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Change in macular thickness by OCT [ Time Frame: 3 year extension, total 5 year study from the baseline ]

    Changes from Baseline to 5 years: Foveal thickness had decreased by 30µm (95% confidence interval, -47 to 107µm) less in the initial-triamcinolone group than in the initial-placebo group at 5 years (zGEE=0.76, P=0.45).

    Changes from 2 to 5 years (open-label extension):Foveal thickness had actually increased slightly on average in the initial-triamcinolone group, but decreased in initial-placebo eyes. Overall it had decreased by 70µm (95% confidence interval, -1 to 140µm) more in the placebo group than in the treatment group between 2 and 5 years (zGEE=1.93, P=0.05).


  2. Any change in visual acuity [ Time Frame: 3 year extension, total 5 year study from the baseline ]
    Loss of ten or more letters was found in 6/33 (18%) initial-triamcinolone eyes compared with 8/34 (24%) initial-placebo eyes.

  3. Number of laser treatments required. [ Time Frame: 3 year extension study, total 5 year study from baseline ]
    During the third to fifth years of the study, a similar proportion of eyes from the 2 groups had macular edema that warranted laser treatment: initial-triamcinolone, 5/29 (17%); initial-placebo, 6/28 (21%).


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participation in the study will be offered to all patients at the conclusion of the TDMO study. Currently we are still following 64 of the 69 (93%) eyes that were initially entered into the study that had reduced vision from diabetic macular oedema at baseline.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uncontrolled glaucoma
  • Loss of vision due to other causes (e.g. age related macular degeneration, myopic macular degeneration)
  • known allergies to triamcinolone acetate, patient is already receiving systemic steroid treatment, intercurrent severe disease such as septicemia, any condition which would affect follow-up or photographic documentation (e.g. geographical, psycho-social, media opacities)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00148330


Locations
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Australia, New South Wales
Save Sight Institute, Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital Campus, University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Sydney
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Mark C Gillies, MBBS, PhD Save Sight Institute, Deaprtment of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney
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Responsible Party: Professor Mark Gillies, Save Sight Institute, The University of Sudyney
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00148330    
Other Study ID Numbers: NHMRC project 402573
First Posted: September 7, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: June 30, 2010
Last Verified: May 2005
Keywords provided by University of Sydney:
Diabetic macular oedema
Triamcinolone acetate
Intravitreal injection
Clinical trial
Laser treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Macular Edema
Edema
Macular Degeneration
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases
 Triamcinolone
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Glucocorticoids
Hormones
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs