NCT04015180

Brief Summary

This is a follow-up study to evaluate the long term outcome of babies treated in the FIREFLEYE study.

Trial Health

98
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
100

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2020

Longer than P75 for phase_3

Geographic Reach
24 countries

55 active sites

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 28, 2019

Completed
12 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 10, 2019

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 18, 2020

Completed
5.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 19, 2025

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 19, 2025

Completed
Last Updated

October 10, 2025

Status Verified

October 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

5.5 years

First QC Date

June 28, 2019

Last Update Submit

October 9, 2025

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Binocular best-corrected visual acuity in Snellen equivalent

    At 5 years of age.

  • Proportion of subjects with ocular AEs and SAEs

    AE: adverse event SAE: serious adverse event

    Up to 5 years of age.

  • Proportion of subjects with systemic AEs and SAEs

    Up to 5 years of age.

Secondary Outcomes (10)

  • Proportion of subjects developing unfavorable ocular structural outcome

    At 1,3 and 5 years of age.

  • Proportion of subjects with absence of active ROP and unfavorable structural outcomes

    At 1 year of age.

  • Best-corrected visual acuity in each eye

    At 3 and 5 years of age.

  • Refractive spherical equivalent in each eye

    At 3 and 5 years of age

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes using BSID-III

    At 2 years of age

  • +5 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Aflibercept arm

EXPERIMENTAL

No study treatment will be administered. The treatments to be evaluated in this study were administered in Study 20090.

Drug: Eylea (Aflibercept, BAY86-5321)

Laser photocoagulation arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

No study treatment will be administered. The treatments to be evaluated in this study were administered in Study 20090.

Procedure: Laser photocoagulation

Interventions

Treatment administered in 20090. Solution in a sterile glass vial, Dose A, IVT injection.

Aflibercept arm

Treatment administered in 20090. Transpupillary conventional laser ablative therapy

Laser photocoagulation arm

Eligibility Criteria

AgeUp to 13 Months
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Subject was treated in Study 20090
  • Age less than 13 months of chronological age
  • Signed informed consent from parent(s)/legally authorized representative(s), which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol

You may not qualify if:

  • \- Subject has a condition preventing participation in the study, or performance of study procedures.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (55)

Hospital Público Descentralizado "Dr. Guillermo Rawson"

San Juan, 5400, Argentina

Location

AZ Sint Jan Brugge - Ophthalmology

Bruges, 8000, Belgium

Location

Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu - UNESP Botucatu

Botucatu, São Paulo, TBC, Brazil

Location

Unifesp/Epm

São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil

Location

UMHAT Sveti Georgi

Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria

Location

Acibadem City Clinic Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatm

Sofia, 1407, Bulgaria

Location

Spec. Hospital of Ophthalm. for Active Treatment Visus

Sofia, 1619, Bulgaria

Location

Spec. Hosp. of Ophthalm. Disease for Active Treatment Varna

Varna, 9000, Bulgaria

Location

Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava

Ostrava, 708 52, Czechia

Location

Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze

Prague, 12808, Czechia

Location

Children's Hospital of Athens P&A Kyriakou - Pediatric Nephrology Department

Athens, MISSING, Greece

Location

General Hospital Of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou-2nd Ophthalmology Clinic

Efkarpia, 564 29, Greece

Location

University General Hospital of Ioannina

Ioannina, 45500, Greece

Location

Eszak-Kozep-budai Centrum, Uj Szent Janos Korhaz és Szakrendelo

Budapest, H-1125, Hungary

Location

Kaplan Medical Center

Rehovot, 7610001, Israel

Location

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - UOC Oculistica

Rome, Lazio, 00136, Italy

Location

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - Oculistica

Rome, Lazio, 00165, Italy

Location

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Oculistica

Milan, Lombardy, 20122, Italy

Location

A.O. di Perugia_Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia - S.C. Oculistica

Perugia, Umbria, 06129, Italy

Location

Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 807-8556, Japan

Location

Kurume University Hospital

Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan

Location

Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center and Children's MC

Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa, 901-1193, Japan

Location

Kindai University Hospital

Osakasayama-shi, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan

Location

Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Organization Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center

Fuchū, Tokyo, 183-8561, Japan

Location

Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital

Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 130-8575, Japan

Location

Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital

Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-8476, Japan

Location

Kyushu University Hospital

Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

Location

Fukuoka University Hospital

Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

Location

Fukushima Medical University Hospital

Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

Location

Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, 50586, Malaysia

Location

Maxima Medisch Centrum, locatie Veldhoven

Veldhoven, 5504 DB, Netherlands

Location

Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca

Amadora, Lisbon District, 2720-276, Portugal

Location

Unidade Local De Saúde De Lisboa Ocidental E.P.E.

Lisbon, 1449-005, Portugal

Location

Clinical Emergency County Hospital

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, 400347, Romania

Location

Spitalul Clinic de Obstretica si Ginecologie "Cuza Voda"

Iași, 700038, Romania

Location

FSAI NMRC IRTC "Eye Microsurgery", Kaluga's Branch

Kaluga, 248007, Russia

Location

FGBUZ "NPC of special children care n.a. Voino-Yaseneckogo"

Moscow, 119620, Russia

Location

City Children Hospital ?1

Saint Petersburg, 198205, Russia

Location

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Singapore, 229899, Singapore

Location

Narodny ustav detskych chorob

Bratislava, 833 41, Slovakia

Location

Soon Chun Hyang University Cheonan Hospital

Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea

Location

Asan Medical Center - Oncology Department

Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea

Location

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Madrid, 28041, Spain

Location

Hospital la Paz - oftalmologia

Madrid, 28046, Spain

Location

Hospital Universitario Regional De Malaga - Oftalmologia

Málaga, 29011, Spain

Location

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset

Gothenburg, 413 45, Sweden

Location

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung, 807377, Taiwan

Location

Mackay Memorial Hospital

Taipei, 104, Taiwan

Location

Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

Ankara, 6100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Gazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

Ankara, 6560, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Antalya EA Hastanesi

Antalya, 7100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Eskisehir Osmangazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

Eskişehir, 26480, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Adana Sehir Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi

Yüreğir, 1370, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy named after V.I. Filatov, Consultative Polyclinic

Odesa, 65061, Ukraine

Location

Birmingham Womens Hospital

Birmingham, B15 2TG, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (2)

  • Stahl A, Nakanishi H, Lepore D, Wu WC, Azuma N, Jacas C, Athanikar A, Vitti R, Chu K, Iveli P, Zhao F, Schlief S, Leal S, Niesen T, Brandau K, Miller T, Kofuncu E, Fielder AR. Three-year Outcomes of Intravitreal Aflibercept versus Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity. Neonatology. 2026 Jan 8:1-19. doi: 10.1159/000549717. Online ahead of print.

  • Stahl A, Nakanishi H, Lepore D, Wu WC, Azuma N, Jacas C, Vitti R, Athanikar A, Chu K, Iveli P, Zhao F, Leal S, Schlief S, Schmelter T, Miller T, Kofuncu E, Fielder A; FIREFLEYE next Study Group. Intravitreal Aflibercept vs Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Two-Year Efficacy and Safety Outcomes in the Nonrandomized Controlled Trial FIREFLEYE next. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e248383. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8383.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Retinopathy of Prematurity

Interventions

aflibercept

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Retinal DiseasesEye DiseasesInfant, Premature, DiseasesInfant, Newborn, DiseasesCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 28, 2019

First Posted

July 10, 2019

Study Start

March 18, 2020

Primary Completion

September 19, 2025

Study Completion

September 19, 2025

Last Updated

October 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Availability of this study's data will later be determined according to Bayer's commitment to the EFPIA/PhRMA "Principles for responsible clinical trial data sharing". This pertains to scope, timepoint and process of data access. As such, Bayer commits to sharing upon request from qualified researchers patient-level clinical trial data, study-level clinical trial data, and protocols from clinical trials in patients for medicines and indications approved in the US and EU as necessary for conducting legitimate research. This applies to data on new medicines and indications that have been approved by the EU and US regulatory agencies on or after January 01, 2014. Interested researchers can use www.vivli.org to request access to anonymized patient-level data and supporting documents from clinical studies to conduct research. Information on the Bayer criteria for listing studies and other relevant information is provided in the member section of the portal.

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