Status:

COMPLETED

DEXTENZA for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain and Inflammation Following Vitreo-retinal Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Patrick R. Oellers, MD

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.

Conditions:

Vitreo-Retinal Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of Dextenza for the treatment of postoperative pain and inflammation following vitreo-retinal surgery

Detailed Description

This prospective, single-center, open-label, investigator-sponsored clinical study seeks to investigate the outcomes of patients undergoing vitro-retinal surgery with the treatment of a dexamethasone ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any adult patient age 18-99 years who is planned to undergo vitreo-retinal surgery (pars plana vitrectomy with or without scleral buckle).
  • If both eyes are involved, both eyes would be eligible for the study.
  • Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study related procedures.
  • Willing and able to sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion

  • Patients under age 18.
  • Patients who are pregnant (must be ruled out in women of child-bearing age with pregnancy test).
  • Active infectious ocular or systemic disease.
  • Patients with active infectious ocular or extraocular disease.
  • Patients actively treated with local or systemic immunosuppression
  • Use of the following anti-inflammatory or immunomodulating agents (e.g., cyclosporine) systemically, or in the study eye, for the duration of the study (excluding inhalants). Washout periods for medications prior to surgery are as follows:
  • Systemic corticosteroids - 2 weeks (see exception 5c)
  • Systemic NSAID over 375 mg per day - 2 weeks
  • Periocular/intraocular injection of any corticosteroid solution - 4 weeks (see exception 5b)
  • Corticosteroid depot/implant in the study eye - 2 months
  • Topical ocular corticosteroid - 7 days
  • Topical ocular NSAID - 7 days
  • Intraoperatively used intraocular steroid (i.e. intravitreal triamcinolone, that is used to transiently highlight the vitreous and removed during vitrectomy) is permissible in study eye.
  • Intraoperatively or perioperatively used systemic steroid for the purpose of general anesthesia (as administered by the treating anesthesiologist) is permissible.
  • Patients with systemic illness involving abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; patients with primary adrenocortical insufficiency or adrenocortical hyperfunction.
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to Dexamethasone.
  • Patients with uncontrolled glaucoma.
  • Patients with severe disease that warrants critical attention, deemed unsafe for the study by the investigator.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 3 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04462523

Start Date

January 3 2020

End Date

March 31 2022

Last Update

June 15 2023

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Retina Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York, PC

Liverpool, New York, United States, 13088