The main aim is to test how safe and effective the medicine ILUVIEN® (190μg) is for children and adolescents, who have non-infectious uveitis that keeps coming back and affects the back of the eye. The main thing Alimera wants to find out is how well the implant works for treating non-infectious uveitis in the back of the eye. Treatment success will be measured after 6 months of using the implant. The treatment will be considered successful if two things happen: 1. No swelling in the back of the eye called cystoid macular oedema; 2. A decrease in the cloudiness inside the eye, called vitreous haze, by at least two levels compared to how it was before the treatment, or the vitreous haze is completely gone. Participants will: 1. Receive a single treatment with ILUVIEN®, which is a tiny tube that is to be implanted in the eye and releases low levels of the corticosteroid (fluocinolone acetonide) in the eye for up to 36 months. 2. Be followed for 36 months for checkups and tests
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
ILUVIEN®, is a tiny tube that is to be implanted in the eye and releases low levels of the corticosteroid (fluocinolone acetonide) in the eye. ILUVIEN® delivers corticosteroid directly to the intended site of action for up to 36 months.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institute of Health Department of Ophthalmology
Berlin, Germany
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAugenzentrum am St. Franziskus-Hospital Münster
Münster, Germany
RECRUITINGHospital Universitario Cruces
Bilbao, Spain
RECRUITINGFundación Jiménez Díaz
Madrid, Spain
RECRUITINGUniversity of Bristol Bristol Medical School
Bristol, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGAbsence of cystoid macular oedema on Optical Coherence Tomography and a decrease from baseline in vitreous haze grade of ≥2 steps, or absence of vitreous haze.
The primary endpoint for evaluating the effect of the implant on non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye will be based on treatment success, determined at 6 months after administration. Treatment success will be determined based on a composite variable defined as Absence of cystoid macular oedema on Optical Coherence Tomography and a decrease from baseline in vitreous haze grade of ≥2 steps, or absence of vitreous haze.
Time frame: 6 months after administration
Rate of cataract formation and Rate of IOP elevation
The primary endpoint for evaluating the safety of the implant on non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye will be determined. * Rate of cataract formation * Rate of IOP elevation (Change from baseline in IOP and incidence of significant changes in IOP, including: IOP\>21 mmHg, IOP\>25 mmHg, IOP\>30 mmHg, increases from baseline of 10 mmHg or more).
Time frame: 6 months after administration
Changes in vision and incidence of increase in IOP, AE, and uveitis recurrence
* Absence of CMO and decrease from baseline in vitreous haze grade of ≥2 steps, or absence of vitreous haze at end of the study * Uveitis recurrence rate following treatment, compared to the uveitis recurrence rate over the 12 months prior to enrolment * Incidence of recurrence of non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment in the SE and in the FE after receiving study treatment * Time to recurrence of non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment * Change in macular oedema, * Change in BCVA * Change in vitreous haze * Change in AC cell grade * Incidence of secondary increase in IOP and secondary increase in IOP requiring surgical intervention * Incidence and onset of secondary lens opacity and extraction * Number of adjunctive treatments required to treat recurrences of uveitis * Presence of active chorioretinal * Presence of retinal vascular lesions * Incidence of ocular infection * Incidence of AEs * Change from baseline in cup-to-disc ratio
Time frame: Every 6 months over 3 years
Incidence of secondary increase in IOP, secondary increase in IOP requiring surgical intervention, and ocular and non-ocular AEs.
Mandatory safety measures including IOP checks will be performed every 3 months. The following secondary safety endpoints will be assessed at 6 months, 12 months or 36 months * Incidence of secondary increase in IOP * Incidence of secondary increase in IOP requiring surgical intervention * Incidence of ocular and non-ocular AEs.
Time frame: 3, 6, 12, and 36 months.
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