Skip to content

A Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Faricimab in Participants With Diabetic Macular Edema

A MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL EXTENSION STUDY TO EVALUATE THE LONG-TERM SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF FARICIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT2031200318
Enrollment
1800
Registered
2021-01-20
Start date
2021-01-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Diabetic Macular Edema

Interventions

Faricimab will be administered by intravitreal (IVT) injection into the study eye according to the personalized treatment interval (PTI) dosing regimen.

Sponsors

Clinical trials information
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Previous enrollment in and completion of Study GR40349 (YOSEMITE) or GR40398 (RHINE), without study or study drug discontinuation - Signed Informed Consent Form - Ability to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment - For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use acceptable contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of <1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 3 months after the final dose of study treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study or within 28 days after the final intravitreal injection of faricimab - Presence of other ocular diseases that give reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of faricimab, that might affect interpretation of the results of the study or that renders the patient at high risk for treatment complications - Presence of other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of faricimab and that might affect interpretation of the results of the study or that renders the patient at high risk of treatment complications - History of a severe allergic reaction or anaphylactic reaction to a biologic agent or known hypersensitivity to any component of the faricimab injections, study treatment procedure, dilating drops, or any of the anesthetic and antimicrobial preparations used by a patient during the study - Requirement for continuous use of any medications or treatments indicated as prohibited therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
safety - Incidence and Severity of Ocular Adverse Events - Incidence and Severity of Systemic (Non-Ocular) Adverse Events

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
efficacy, exploratory, phamacokinetics - Change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) over time as measured using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart at a starting distance of 4 meters - Change in central subfield thickness (CST) over time as measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography - Proportion of patients with presence of central retina intraretinal fluid, subretinal fluid, and both over time - Number of faricimab injections received during the LTE study - The proportion of patients on a every 4 weeks (Q4W), every 8 weeks, every 12 weeks, and every 16 weeks treatment interval during the study - Proportion of patients with a 2- or 3-step improvement in their Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale (DRSS) score over time - Presence of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) at baseline and incidence of ADAs during the study from the start of the LTE study

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States,

Contacts

Public ContactClinical trials information

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

clinical-trials@chugai-pharm.co.jp+81-120-189-706

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026