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Registration number
NCT03683251
Ethics application status
Date submitted
18/09/2018
Date registered
25/09/2018
Date last updated
6/06/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Extension Study for the Port Delivery System With Ranibizumab (Portal)
Scientific title
A Multicenter, Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of the Port Delivery System With Ranibizumab in Patients With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Portal)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2020-004427-16
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
GR40549
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Portal
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Eye 0 0 0 0
Diseases / disorders of the eye

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - PDS Implant with Ranibizumab 100 mg/mL

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 1 (US only) - Participants with PDS implant from Study GX28228 treated with refill-exchanges of 100 mg/mL ranibizumab Q24W. Participants will switch to an every 12 weeks (Q12W) visit schedule from Week 168 to Week 240.
Eligible participants from Study GX28228 will be enrolled upon completion of their final visit.

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 2 (US only) - Participants with PDS implant from Study GR40548 treated with refill-exchanges of 100 mg/mL ranibizumab Q24W. Participants will switch to an every 12 weeks (Q12W) visit schedule from Week 144 to Week 240.
Eligible participants from Study GR40548 will be enrolled upon completion of their final visit.

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 3 (US only) - Participants in the intravitreal ranibizumab arm of Study GX28228 who will receive the PDS implant upon study entry and refill-exchanges of 100 mg/mL ranibizumab Q24W. Participants will switch to an every 12 weeks (Q12W) visit schedule from Week 168 to Week 240.
Eligible participants from Study GX28228 will be enrolled upon completion of their final visit.

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 4 (US only) - Participants in the intravitreal ranibizumab arm of Study GR40548 who will receive the PDS implant upon study entry and refill-exchanges of 100 mg/mL ranibizumab Q24W. Participants will switch to an every 12 weeks (Q12W) visit schedule from Week 144 to Week 240.
Eligible participants from Study GR40548 will be enrolled upon completion of their final visit.

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 5 (ex-US only) - Participants from Study WR42221 who completed Week 24 but were not eligible to be randomized within WR42221 and who will be treated with refill-exchanges of ranibizumab 100 mg/mL Q24W

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 6 (ex-US only) - Participants from Study WR42221 randomized to the Q24W arm, who will continue to be treated with refill-exchanges of ranibizumab 100 mg/mL Q24W

Experimental: PDS Implant Cohort 7 (ex-US only) - Participants from Study WR42221 randomized to the Q36W arm, who will continue to be treated with refill-exchanges of ranibizumab 100 mg/mL Q36W


Treatment: Drugs: PDS Implant with Ranibizumab 100 mg/mL
Will be administered as per the schedule described in individual arm
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence and Severity of Ocular and Systemic (Non-Ocular) Adverse Events (AEs)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Incidence, Severity, and Duration of Adverse Event of Special Interest (AESIs)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Incidence, Severity, and Duration of PDS-Associated Ocular AESIs During the Postoperative Period (Up to 37 days of Initial Implantation) and Follow-Up Period (>37 days After Implantation Surgery) for Participants who Receive the PDS Implant in the Study
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Incidence and Severity of Adverse Device Effects
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Primary outcome [5] 0 0
Incidence, Causality, Severity, And Duration Of Anticipated Serious Adverse Device Effects
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Primary outcome [6] 0 0
Substudy: Rate of vitreous hemorrhage secondary to choroidal bleeding that does not resolve by the Week 4 visit after implant insertion surgery.
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline to Week 4
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change in Best-Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) Score from Baseline Over Time, as Assessed using the ETDRS Visual Acuity Chart at a Starting Distance of 4 Meters
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Participants who Lose <15, <10, or <5 Letters in BCVA Score from Baseline Over Time
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Participants with BCVA Score of 38 Letters (of 20/200 Approximate Snellen Equivalent) or Worse over Time
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants with BCVA Score of 69 Letters (20/40 Approximate Snellen Equivalent) or Better over Time
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change from Baseline in Center Point Thickness Over Time
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percentage of Participants who Undergo Supplemental Treatment with Intravitreal Ranibizumab 0.5 mg During Each Refill-exchange Interval
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Substudy: Incidence of ocular adverse events and adverse events of special interest in the study eye
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Substudy: Incidence of adverse events commonly seen after TS-CPC for treatment of glaucoma in the study eye
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Substudy: Time from surgery to vitreous hemorrhage resolution in the study eye
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Substudy: Incidence of vitreous hemorrhage Grade 3 and higher in the study eye over time
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Substudy: Distribution of vitreous hemorrhage grade in the study eye over time
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Substudy: Rate of vitrectomy in the study eye
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Substudy: Percentage of Participants who Lose <15, <10, or <5 Letters in BCVA Score from Baseline Over Time
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Substudy: Change in BCVA score from baseline over time
Timepoint [14] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Substudy: Change from baseline in CPT over time
Timepoint [15] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240
Secondary outcome [16] 0 0
Substudy: Change from baseline in CST over time
Timepoint [16] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 240

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Previous enrollment in and completion of Study GX28228 (Ladder) or Study GR40548
(Archway), without early treatment or study discontinuation in either study OR
Previous enrollment in Study WR42221 (Velodrome) and either not eligible to be
randomized in Study WR42221 at Week 24 or completed the study (from the Q24W or Q36W
arm)

- Ability and willingness to undertake all scheduled visits and assessments

- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use
contraceptive measures
Minimum age
50 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the treatment period
and for at least 28 days after the last intravitreal injection of ranibizumab or 1
year after the last Implant refill-exchange of ranibizumab

- History of other ocular diseases that give reasonable suspicion of a disease or
condition that contraindicates the use of ranibizumab, that might affect
interpretation of the results of the study or that renders the participant at high
risk for treatment complications

- History of other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding
giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of
ranibizumab or placement of the Implant and that might affect interpretation of the
results of the study or that renders the participant at high risk of treatment
complications

- Requirement for continuous use of any medications or treatments indicated in the
"Prohibited Therapy"

Substudy

Inclusion Criteria

- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from
heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures,

Patients must meet the following ocular criteria for the study eye for substudy entry:

- Diagnosis of exudative nAMD within 2 years prior to the enrollment visit

- Previous treatment with at least two anti-VEGF ITV injections (e.g., ranibizumab,
bevacizumab, or aflibercept) for nAMD per standard of care within 6 months prior to
the enrollment visit

- Demonstrated response to prior anti-VEGF ITV treatment since diagnosis, as evidenced
at enrollment by the following:

Overall decrease in nAMD disease activity detected on SD-OCT AND Stable or improved
best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA)

- All subtypes of nAMD lesions are permissible (i.e., type I, type II, type III, or
mixed forms per optical coherence tomography (OCT) classification) nAMD lesions at the
time of diagnosis must involve the macula (6 mm diameter centered at the fovea).

- Sufficiently clear ocular media and adequate pupillary dilation to allow for analysis
and grading by the central reading center of FP and SD-OCT images.

Exclusion Criteria

Prior Ocular Treatments Study Eye

- History of vitrectomy surgery, submacular surgery, or other surgical intervention for
AMD

- Prior treatment with Visudyne, external-beam radiation therapy, or transpupillary
thermotherapy

- Previous treatment with corticosteroid ITV injection

- Previous intraocular device implantation

- Previous laser (any type) used for AMD treatment

Either Eye

- Treatment with anti-VEGF agents other than ranibizumab within 1 month prior to the
enrollment visit

- Prior participation in a clinical trial involving anti-VEGF drugs within 6 months
prior to the enrollment visit, other than ranibizumab

CNV Lesion Charateristics Study Eye

- Subretinal hemorrhage that involves the center of the fovea, if the hemorrhage is
greater than 0.5 disc area (1.27 mm2 ) in size at screening

- Subfoveal fibrosis or subfoveal atrophy

Either Eye

- CNV due to other causes, such as ocular histoplasmosis, trauma, or pathologic myopia

Concurrent Ocular Conditions Study Eye

- Retinal pigment epithelial tear

- Any concurrent intraocular condition (e.g., cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy,
or epiretinal membrane) that would either require surgical intervention during the
study to prevent or treat visual loss that might result from that condition or affect
interpretation of study results

- Active intraocular inflammation (grade trace or above)

- History of vitreous hemorrhage

- History of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

- History of rhegmatogenous retinal tears or peripheral retinal breaks within 3 months
prior to the enrollment visit

- Aphakia or absence of the posterior capsule

- Previous violation of the posterior capsule is also an exclusion criterion unless it
occurred as a result of yttrium-aluminum garnet (YAG) laser posterior capsulotomy in
association with prior, posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.

- Spherical equivalent of the refractive error demonstrating more than 8 diopters of
myopia

- Preoperative refractive error that exceeds 8 diopters of myopia, for patients who have
undergone prior refractive or cataract surgery in the study eye

- Intraocular surgery (including cataract surgery) within 3 months preceding the
enrollment visit

- Uncontrolled ocular hypertension or glaucoma and any such condition the investigator
determines may require a glaucoma-filtering surgery during a patient's participation
in the study

- History of glaucoma-filtering surgery, tube shunts, or microinvasive glaucoma surgery

- History of corneal transplant

- History of prior vitrectomy surgery and absence of posterior capsule

Either Eye

- History of idiopathic or autoimmune-associated uveitis

- Active infectious conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, or endophthalmitis

Concurrent Systemic Conditions

- Inability to comply with study schedule or procedures as described in the study
protocol

- Uncontrolled blood pressure

- History of stroke within the last 3 months prior to informed consent

- Uncontrolled atrial fibrillation within 3 months of informed consent

- History of myocardial infarction within the last 3 months prior to informed consent

- History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding giving
reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of
ranibizumab or placement of the implant and that might affect interpretation of the
results of the study or renders the patient at high risk of treatment complications in
the opinion of the investigator

- Current systemic treatment for a confirmed active systemic infection

- Use of any systemic anti-VEGF agents

- Chronic use of oral corticosteroids

- Active cancer within 12 months of enrollment

- Previous participation in any non-ocular (systemic) disease studies of investigational
drugs within 1 month preceding the informed consent (excluding vitamins and minerals)

- Use of antimitotic or antimetabolite therapy within 30 days or 5 elimination
half-lives of the enrollment visit

- History of albinism

- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the treatment period
and for at least 28 days after the last ITV injection of ranibizumab or 1 year after
the last implant refill-exchange of ranibizumab

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?


The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
20/09/2018
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/12/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
1000
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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Eyeclinic Albury Wodonga - Albury
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Eye and Retina Consultants - Hurstville
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2640 - Albury
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2220 - Hurstville
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Hoffmann-La Roche
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study will evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of the Port Delivery System
with ranibizumab (PDS) (100 mg/mL) in patients with neovascular age-related macular
degeneration (nAMD) who have either completed Phase II Study GX28228 (Ladder), Phase III
Study GR40548 (Archway), Phase IIIb Study WR42221 (Velodrome), or completed Week 24 visit in
Study WR42221 but were not eligible to be randomized in WR42221.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03683251
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Hoffmann-La Roche
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Contact person for public queries
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Reference Study ID Number: GR40549 https://forpatients.roche.com/
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888-662-6728 (U.S. and Canada)
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[email protected]
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Summary Results

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