Status:

COMPLETED

Randomized Double Blinded Study Evaluating CACICOL20 Efficiency Versus Placebo Corneal Chronic Ulcers Healing

Lead Sponsor:

Organ, Tissue, Regeneration, Repair and Replacement

Collaborating Sponsors:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Corneal Ulcer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

CACICOL20 is a biodegradable nanopolymer engineered to mimic glycosaminoglycans such as heparan sulfates. Applied to the corneal lesion, it replaces damaged heparan sulfates in the matrix scaffold. CA...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with non-infectious, corneal chronic ulcer, painful or not ,whose depth does not exceed the superficial stroma.
  • Resistance of corneal pathology to standard treatment: eye drops to promote healing, tear substitutes, anti-inflammatory drugs, cyclosporin.
  • Patients previously treated for the corneal pathology, assessed ineffective or Insufficiently effective by the investigator
  • Patients using wetting gel or eye drops without conservator during the inclusion
  • Anti-inflammatory local treatments must be stopped for at least 8 days.
  • No contact lenses or lenses must be removed for at least 8 days.
  • Age of inclusion ≥ 18 years.
  • Written and signed informed consent from patient.
  • Realization of a preliminary medical examination.
  • Covers by social insurance

Exclusion

  • Ulcers deeper than the superficial stroma, perforated ulcers or pre-perforated
  • Corneal abscess
  • Infectious and progressive ulcerative keratitis
  • Patients receiving anti-inflammatory eye drops or steroid with cyclosporine treatment (in this case, possibility of inclusion in the clinical protocol after a Case "wash-out of 8 days)
  • Patients on long-term eye drops containing preservatives and can not be stopped or replaced by an equivalent without preservatives
  • Patients on systemic anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, psychotropic or antibiotics therapies, modified since less than 10 days or likely to be on short-term
  • Wearing contact lenses if patient has not been stopped at least eight days before the start of the protocol
  • ocular surgery within the last 3 months
  • patient already included in another clinical trial with an investigational product
  • Pregnant patients or breastfeeding
  • Person under a legal protection measure, under guardianship
  • Unable to follow up medical examinations for geographical, social or psychological reasons
  • Not cover by social insurance.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

139 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01242839

Start Date

April 1 2010

End Date

June 1 2014

Last Update

May 5 2016

Active Locations (21)

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens

Amiens, France, 80054

2

CHU Angers

Angers, France, 49933

3

Hopital Avicennes

Bobigny, France, 93009

4

Centre Hospitalier Ambroise Paré

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 92100