Status:

UNKNOWN

Study of the Benefit of Early Treatment With an Endothelin Inhibitor (Bosentan) in Patients With Sudden Blindness Due to Giant Cell Arteritis: CECIBO

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Conditions:

Arteritis, Giant Cell

Blindness and Low Vision

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Giant cell arteritis , also named Horton's disease, is the most common vasculitis in subjects over 50 years old. The incidence increases with age : from 188 to 290 cases per million inhabitants per ye...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Decreased visual acuity (BVA) \<5 days, regardless of degree of severity, abrupt onset in the context of newly diagnosed or suspected Horton's disease at this loss of visual acuity
  • Able to sign the consent
  • Affiliated to the social security system
  • Already under conventional treatment of Horton's disease or the: requiring: Corticosteroids and + - anti-platelet aggregators and / or LMWH at the discretion of the referring physician for its vasculitis and + - immunosuppressive or biotherapy if necessary.

Exclusion

  • Underlying hepatocellular insufficiency known
  • Patient under guardianship or curator
  • Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients
  • Moderate to severe hepatic insufficiency corresponding to class B or C of the Child-Pugh classification
  • Any other ophthalmological pathology explaining the sudden drop in vision: retinal detachment, retinal hemorrhage, posterior uveitis, nonarteritic arterial occlusion, cortical stroke
  • Serum levels of hepatic aminotransferases, aspartate aminotransferases (ASTs) and / or alanine aminotransferases (ALATs), greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal before start of treatment
  • Patient under treatment with cyclosporine A, antiretrovirals, glibenclamide or Rifampicin.
  • Pregnant or lactating women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

8 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03841734

Start Date

March 1 2019

End Date

March 1 2021

Last Update

February 15 2019

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CH de Cannes

Cannes, France