RecruitingPhase 3NCT07235085

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of OTX-TKI (Axitinib Implant) in Participants With Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-Masked, Randomized, 3-Arm Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal OTXTKI (Axitinib Implant) in Participants With Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Sponsor

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.

Enrollment

930 participants

Start Date

Nov 17, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to study the safety and effectiveness of OTX-TKI (axitinib intravitreal hydrogel) for the treatment of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. OTX-TKI is an intravitreal hydrogel embedded with axitinib. When the OTX-TKI hydrogel is administered into the vitreous cavity of the eye, the hydrogel begins to slowly break down, which allows the axitinib to be slowly released over time. This clinical trial is comparing OTX-TKI to a "sham" injection procedure. The sham injection is a mock injection procedure, but nothing will actually be inserted in the eye as there is no needle on the sham injector. Only one eye ("study eye") will be treated with study treatment.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

Male or female who is at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
History of or newly diagnosed with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus and have moderately severe to severe NPDR (DRSS levels 47 or 53), confirmed by the Central Reading Center (CRC) based on the images obtained at the Screening visit
BCVA Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) letter score of ≥ 69 letters (approximate Snellen equivalent of 20/40 or better) in the study eye
Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study-related procedures
Provide signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria4

Presence of center-involved diabetic macular edema (CI-DME) defined per protocol via optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in the study eye, obtained at the Screening visit
Evidence of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or visually significant/severe epiretinal membrane, vitreomacular traction syndrome, macular hole, tear of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macula, or other macular pathology in the study eye deemed visually significant by the Investigator
In the study eye, any panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) treatment prior to baseline, or received focal or grid laser photocoagulation within 1000 microns of the central subfield of the macula within 6 months prior to baseline
IVT anti-VEGF treatment in the study eye within 6 months or port delivery system (PDS) with ranibizumab in the study eye at any time prior to baseline (Day 1)

Print for Your Doctor

Interested in this trial?

Get notified about updates and connect with the research team.

Interventions

DRUGSingle intravitreal injection of axitinib hydrogel implant followed by a mock (sham) injection procedure at Week 24

OTX-TKI 0.45 mg is a dried polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel containing dispersed drug particles of the small molecule axitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).

DRUGIntravitreal injection of axitinib hydrogel implant followed by a second intravitreal injection of the axitinib implant at Week 24

OTX-TKI 0.45 mg is a dried polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel containing dispersed drug particles of the small molecule axitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).

OTHERSham/mock procedure of intravitreal injection followed by a second sham/mock procedure at Week 24

sham/mock intravitreal injection procedure