E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
treatment on bilateral moderate dry eye syndrome due to Sjögren's syndrome or diagnosed as a primary syndrome |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10013774 |
E.1.2 | Term | Dry eye |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The primary objective will be to confirm that, as shown in the previous studies SVS20-99-04 and SVS20-HUN-05-01, the frequency of moderate dry eye symptoms will be significantly improved (greater decrease in the change from baseline values) in the SVS20 group compared to the saline group and equivalent to or greater than the carbomer group. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Secondary objectives will be to assess whether SVS20: · Is superior to saline and equivalent to or greater than the carbomer for the efficacy parameters: symptom intensity, impact of symptoms on daily life activities, BUT, corneal staining with fluorescein, staining with lissamine green, Schirmer test, average number of daily instillations and global evaluation of efficacy, · Is equivalent to or greater than saline and carbomer for the safety parameters: BCVA, comfort of the eye drops (presence and duration of blurred vision upon instillation), examination of ocular adnexa and adverse events reporting.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Signed informed consent, 2. Male and female patients aged between 18 and 80 years, 3. With at least a 3-month documented history of moderate dry eye due to Sjögren’s syndrome (immune exocrinopathy) or diagnosed as a primary syndrome before the selection visit, 4. With at least 2 symptoms of dry eye among soreness, scratchiness, dryness, grittiness and burning each: · Occurring at least often and · Rated at least 30 mm and not more than 70 mm on the 0 to 100 mm VAS, 5. With moderate dry eye defined as at least 3 out of the 4 following objective parameters: · Reduced tear volume : Schirmer test ≤ 10 mm wetting/5min for each eye, · Tear film instability : BUT ≤ 10 seconds for each eye, · Staining with fluorescein with a total score (type + extent) of >= 3/7 for each eye, · Staining with lissamine green with total score (nasal + corneal conjunctiva + temporal conjunctiva) of at least 3/12 for each eye 6. If the patient is taking the following medications that influence tear production, he/she should have taken these products continuously for the last 2 months before the selection visit and the dose must not change during the whole trial: · Tricyclic antidepressive agents, · Anti-histaminic agents, · Phenothiazines, · Cholinergic agents, · Anti-muscarinic agents, · NSAIDs, · Beta-blockers, · Immunomodulators, · Anti-acneic agents and · Diuretic agents. 7. Female patients should be post-menopausal or be using recognised, reliable methods of contraception for at least 3 months before the selection visit.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Patients with unilateral dry eye. 2. Severe dry eye syndrome, defined as: · Staining with fluorescein with a depth score >= 3 in any eye and / or · Severe bulbar conjunctival hyperaemia (score of 4) in any eye and / or · Severe limbal hyperaemia (score of 4) in any eye and / or · Severe palpebral observation (score of 4) in any eye and / or · Severe anterior or posterior blepharitis in any eye. 3. Patients who underwent: · Refractive surgery within the last 12 months before selection and / or · Any other ocular surgery or ocular trauma within the last 4 months before selection. 4. Patients taking the following systemic concomitant medications: · Corticosteroids within 2 months before selection and for the whole trial and / or · Tetracyclines within 1 month before selection and for the whole trial. 5. Patients using in-eye cyclosporine within the last 4 weeks prior to selection (D-16 to D-7) and for the whole trial. 6. Patients requiring concomitant in-eye medication for the whole trial, except Unilarm® during the selection period only, 7. Abnormality of the nasolacrimal drainage apparatus. 8. Patient with permanent occlusion of lacrimal puncta in any eye. 9. Use of temporary punctal plug in any eye within 2 months before the selection visit. 10. Other diseases or characteristics judged by the investigator to be incompatible with the frequent assessments needed in this study or with reliable instillation of the products (for example: mental or physical incapacity, language comprehension, geographical localisation, etc…). 11. Known hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or any component or procedure used in the study. 12. Patients who participated in any other clinical trial within the last 30 days before selection, 13. Patients that need or intend to wear contact lens during the whole trial, 14. Patients with BCVA < 1/10 in any eye, 15. Pregnant or lactating females.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary efficacy endpoint will be the difference between groups for the change from baseline at D28 in symptom frequency (summed scores for soreness + scratchiness + dryness + grittiness + burning each rated on a 0–3 scale; maximum total score 15). |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 25 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 40 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 9 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 9 |