25-G Vitrectomy With Ranibizumab or Triamcinolone Acetonide on PDR in China-Randomized Clinical Trial (aiRTo-PDR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02447185 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified September 2018 by JUNYAN ZHANG, The First People's Hospital of Xuzhou.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : May 18, 2015
Last Update Posted : September 24, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy | Drug: Ranibizumab Drug: Triamcinolone Acetonide | Phase 3 |
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy(PDR) is the leading cause of visual loss in diabetic patients. The operation indication includes non-absorbed vitreous haemorrhage, dense bleeding in front of the macular, proliferative vitreoretinopathy traction macular, tractional retinal detachment combined break, severe progressive fiber vascular proliferation and vitreous haemorrhage combined with early iris neovascularization.
Due to VEGF levels rise in vitreous cavity of PDR patients, some inflammatory cytokines involved in, make easy bleeding during surgery and heavier inflammatory reaction postoperation,thus affecting the curative effect of the operation.
Ranibizumab as angiogenesis inhibitors, has widely applied in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, won the recognition of ophthalmologists.
Some scholars try to expand the application in diabetic macular edema, also obtained the good curative effect.Some scholars also applied the angiogenesis inhibitors to the diabetes retinopathy before surgery in the hope to reduce the occurrence of intraoperative bleeding.Compared with bevacizumab, the short half-life of lucentis, and thus reduce the inhibition of VEGF system risk.
In this project, the investigators will inject lucentis into vitreous cavity before surgery of PDR, and observe the effect and complications of the operation, compared with triamcinolone acetonide group(the control group); At the same time the cytokines level of VEGF, pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta), interleukin 6 (IL - 6) and interleukin 8 (IL - 8) will be detected before and after pretreatment with lucentis or triamcinolone acetonide, and the cytokines concentration change will be compared between two groups, the mechanism of PDR will be further clarified and theoretical basis for looking for treatment strategies will be a set.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Participant) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | 25-Gauge Vitrectomy With Ranibizumab or Triamcinolone Acetonide on Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in China: a Randomized, Single Blind Trial |
Study Start Date : | June 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Ranibizumab
A week before 25-gauge vitrectomy, all subjects in Ranibizumab group will receive Ranibizumab 0.5mg/0.05 ml intravitreal injection. During operation all subjects in this group will be injected Triamcinolone Acetonide 4 mg/0.1ml. All subjects in this group will get Ranibizumab 0.2 mg/0.02 ml intravitreal injection just after the operation. |
Drug: Ranibizumab
A week before 25-gauge vitrectomy, all subjects in Ranibizumab group will receive Ranibizumab 0.5mg/0.05 ml intravitreal injection. All subjects in Ranibizumab group will get Ranibizumab 0.2 mg/0.02 ml intravitreal injection just after the operation. Other Names:
Drug: Triamcinolone Acetonide A week before 25-gauge vitrectomy, all subjects in TA group will receive Triamcinolone Acetonide 4mg/0.1ml intravitreal injection. During operation all subjects in Ranibizumab group and in TA group will be injected Triamcinolone Acetonide 4 mg/0.1ml. All subjects in TA group will get Triamcinolone Acetonide 1mg/0.025 ml intravitreal injection just after the operation. Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Triamcinolone Acetonide
A week before 25-gauge vitrectomy, all subjects in Triamcinolone Acetonide group will receive Triamcinolone Acetonide 4mg/0.1 ml intravitreal injection. During operation all subjects in this group will be injected Triamcinolone Acetonide 4 mg/0.1ml. All subjects in this group will get Triamcinolone Acetonide 1mg/0.025 ml intravitreal injection just after the operation. |
Drug: Triamcinolone Acetonide
A week before 25-gauge vitrectomy, all subjects in TA group will receive Triamcinolone Acetonide 4mg/0.1ml intravitreal injection. During operation all subjects in Ranibizumab group and in TA group will be injected Triamcinolone Acetonide 4 mg/0.1ml. All subjects in TA group will get Triamcinolone Acetonide 1mg/0.025 ml intravitreal injection just after the operation. Other Names:
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- intraoperative bleeding [ Time Frame: during operation of 25-G Vitrectomy ]
- composite outcomes including amotio retinae,vitreous hemorrhage within 12 months after vitrectomy [ Time Frame: 12 months after the last subject accepts vitrectomy ]
- the change of Best-corrected visual acuity [ Time Frame: the change of best-corrected visual acuity at month 12 after vitrectomy ]
- the change of inflammatory factors in vitreous body [ Time Frame: 7 days after the first injection ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Type II diabetes mellitus with Diabetic Retinopathy
- Vitreous hemorrhage/Proliferation of retinal/Tractional detachment of retina
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fasting blood-glucose more than 8mmol/ml
- Subjects who have operation on vitreous before
- Accompany with other ophthalmology diseases except cataract
- History of vitrectomy surgery in the study eye
- Previous subfoveal focal laser photocoagulation in the study eye
- Previous participation in a clinical trial (for either eye)
- Previous subfoveal focal laser photocoagulation in the study eye
- Other diseases cannot afford Vitrectomy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02447185
Contact: SUYAN LI, MD | +86-13852101175 | lisuyan1226@126.com | |
Contact: XINTING WANG, Med Master | +86-15950664745 | xintinghappy1017@sina.com |
China, Jiangsu | |
The First People Hospital of Xuzhou | Recruiting |
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, 221002 | |
Contact: Suyan Li, Doctor +86-13852101775 lisuyan1226@126.com | |
Contact: Junyan Zhang, Bachelor +86-13701739364 richard.zhang@both-win.net |
Principal Investigator: | SUYAN LI, MD | Ophthalmology Department of the 1st People Hospital of Xuzhou |
Responsible Party: | JUNYAN ZHANG, Senior Consultant and Statistician, The First People's Hospital of Xuzhou |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02447185 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PDR-RAN-RCT-LSY |
First Posted: | May 18, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 24, 2018 |
Last Verified: | September 2018 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Lucentis Ranibizumab Triamcinolone Acetonide |
Vitrectomy PDR 25-Gauge Vitrectomy |
Retinal Diseases Diabetic Retinopathy Eye Diseases Diabetic Angiopathies Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Diabetes Complications Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Triamcinolone Triamcinolone Acetonide Triamcinolone hexacetonide Ranibizumab Triamcinolone diacetate |
Angiogenesis Inhibitors Angiogenesis Modulating Agents Growth Substances Physiological Effects of Drugs Growth Inhibitors Antineoplastic Agents Anti-Inflammatory Agents Glucocorticoids Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |