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Study NCT ID: NCT03758118
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2023-11-24
First Post: 2018-11-27
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: True

Brief Title: Citicoline in Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
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Optic neuropathies: the tip of the neurodegeneration iceberg. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Oct 1;26(R2):R139-R150. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx273.'}, {'pmid': '29636122', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Cho YS. The role of necroptosis in the treatment of diseases. BMB Rep. 2018 May;51(5):219-224. doi: 10.5483/bmbrep.2018.51.5.074.'}, {'pmid': '16286618', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Hayreh SS, Zimmerman B. Visual field abnormalities in nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: their pattern and prevalence at initial examination. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 Nov;123(11):1554-62. doi: 10.1001/archopht.123.11.1554.'}, {'pmid': '28029908', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Patel HR, Margo CE. Pathology of Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Jan;141(1):162-166. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0027-RS.'}, {'pmid': '18557920', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Parisi V, Gallinaro G, Ziccardi L, Coppola G. Electrophysiological assessment of visual function in patients with non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy. Eur J Neurol. 2008 Aug;15(8):839-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02200.x. Epub 2008 Jun 28.'}, {'pmid': '28861697', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Balducci N, Morara M, Veronese C, Barboni P, Casadei NL, Savini G, Parisi V, Sadun AA, Ciardella A. Optical coherence tomography angiography in acute arteritic and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;255(11):2255-2261. doi: 10.1007/s00417-017-3774-y. Epub 2017 Aug 31.'}, {'pmid': '28320183', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Khalilpour S, Latifi S, Behnammanesh G, Majid AMSA, Majid ASA, Tamayol A. Ischemic optic neuropathy as a model of neurodegenerative disorder: A review of pathogenic mechanism of axonal degeneration and the role of neuroprotection. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Apr 15;375:430-441. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.12.044. Epub 2016 Dec 26.'}, {'pmid': '31348806', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Parisi V, Barbano L, Di Renzo A, Coppola G, Ziccardi L. Neuroenhancement and neuroprotection by oral solution citicoline in non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy as a model of neurodegeneration: A randomized pilot study. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 26;14(7):e0220435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220435. eCollection 2019.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': "The investigators tested the hypothesis whether the treatment with Citicoline in oral solution (OS-Citicoline) would increase or stabilize visual acuity, retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) function and neural conduction along the visual pathways (neuroenhancement), and/or induce preservation of RGCs fibers' loss (neuroprotection) in an human model of neurodegeneration: non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION).", 'detailedDescription': "The investigators enrolled 40 patients with bilateral or monolateral NAION and 20 age similar controls\n\nTwenty NAION patients received 500 mg/day of OS-Citicoline for a 6-months period followed by 3-months of wash-out (19 patients completed the study, NC Group); 20 NAION patients were not treated (19 patients completed the studyNN Group) from baseline up to 9 months. In all subjects, at baseline, at 6 and 9-months of follow-up: Visual acuity (VA), Pattern Electroretinogram (PERG), Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP), retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL-T) and Humphrey 24-2 visual field mean deviation (HFA MD) were assessed. Mean differences were statistically evaluated by ANOVA between Groups, and correlations were verified by Pearson's test."}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '80 Years', 'minimumAge': '45 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': True, 'eligibilityCriteria': "Inclusion criteria:\n\n1. Acute visual reduction episode from NAION occurring for more than 6 months\n2. Typical defects of the visual field evidenced with the Goldmann perimetry or with Humphrey perimetry 30-2\n3. Visual acuity not less than 1/10\n4. Having suspended any potential neuroprotective therapies (e.g., Coenzyme Q10) for at least 6 months.\n\nExclusion criteria:\n\n* Ocular surgery in the 3 months preceding the study, including surgery for cataracts in the previous three months.\n* Cataract or maculopathy\n* Known hypersensitivity to the study product\n* Positive history for diseases of the optic nerve (retrobulbar optic neuropathy, glaucoma) or systemic diseases which could preclude the enrolment in the study according to the investigators' judgement\n* Pregnant or nursing women, or women of potential childbearing age not using adequate contraception.\n* Diabetes, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease"}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT03758118', 'briefTitle': 'Citicoline in Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Fondazione G.B. 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