Efficacy and Safety Comparison of IVR and IVC Before Vitrectomy in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Treatments: Procedure: preoperative intravitreal injections of ranibizumab or conbercept

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05414149

PKUPHophthalmol

Details and patient eligibility

About

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the most common causes of irreversible blindness in diabetic retinopathy (DR).Although pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is the cornerstone for treatment of advanced PDR, related postoperative complications such as recurrent VH, NVG, and postoperative fibrovascular proliferation progression may still cause serious visual impairment. Preoperative intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF drugs may represent a new strategy for making vitrectomy safer and more effective for severe PDR.

Full description

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is the most common causes of irreversible blindness in diabetic retinopathy (DR).It is characterized by progressive loss of vision, retinal edema, vitreous hemorrhage (VH), retinal neovascularization, fibrovascular proliferation, tractional retinal detachment (TRD) and neovascular glaucoma (NVG).Although pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is the cornerstone for treatment of advanced PDR, related postoperative complications such as recurrent VH, NVG, and postoperative fibrovascular proliferation progression may still cause serious visual impairment. It is well known that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a leading role of the neovascularization, vascular permeability, and diabetic macular edema.preoperative intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF drugs may represent a new strategy for making vitrectomy safer and more effective for severe PDR.Until now, there are two kinds of anti-VEGF drugs in China, including monoclonal antibodies, like imported drug Ranibizumab, militating by block VEGF-A, and fusion proteins, like domectic drug Conbercept, competitively inhibiting the binding of VEGF with its receptor by blocking multiple targets, VEGF-A, VEGF-B, and placental insulin-like growth factor (PlGF). Studies focusing on the comparison of efficacy between preoperative intravitreal injections of the two drugs for patients with severe PDR undergoing vitrectomy is still limited. Thus, in this study, we aim to carry out a more comprehensive comparison in intraoperative and postoperative aspects on the efficacy and safety between intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IVR) and intravitreal conbercept injection (IVC) before vitrectomy of PDR.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged 18 years or more with type 1 or 2 diabetes who were clinically diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy (DR); hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≤ 12%;
• persistent VH for more than 1 month or recurrent vitreous hemorrhage (VH) with or without panretinal photocoagulation (PRP);
• TRD detected by indirect ophthalmoscope or B-scan ultrasonography.

Exclusion criteria

• previous vitreoretinal surgeries (including vitrectomy, intravitreal drug injection) in the study eyes;
• eyes with any ocular disease that may hinder visual improvement other than PDR, such as optic atrophy or macular hole;
• history of thromboembolic events (including cerebral vascular infarctions or myocardial infarctions) or coagulation system disorders or receiving anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy;
• eyes given gas tamponade or additional treatment like ranibizumab injection again or supplementary retinal photocoagulation during follow-up periods.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

IVR group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients that received intravitreal ranibizumab injections (IVR) (0.5mg/0.05ml) before vitreous surgery were assigned to IVR group 3-5 days before three-port transconjunctival 25-G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). All patients underwent 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy using the 25-gauge Constellation system (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX, USA) system under local or anesthesia. A speed of 5000 cuts per minute was used for vitrectomy.

Treatment:

Procedure: preoperative intravitreal injections of ranibizumab or conbercept

IVC group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients that received intravitreal conbercept injection (IVC) (0.5mg/0.05ml) before vitreous surgery were assigned to IVC group 3-5 days before three-port transconjunctival 25-G pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). All patients underwent 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy using the 25-gauge Constellation system (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX, USA) system under local or anesthesia. A speed of 5000 cuts per minute was used for vitrectomy.

Treatment:

Procedure: preoperative intravitreal injections of ranibizumab or conbercept