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RecruitingNCT04939571EU-ROPUpdated Jan 24, 2024

European Disease Registry on Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

An observational study in Retinopathy of Prematurity, sponsored by University Medicine Greifswald. Recruiting at 59 sites in 12 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-24.

Sponsored by University Medicine Greifswald · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
3,000
Sex
All
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Study summary

The EU-ROP registry is a European wide multicenter non-interventional observational registry study intended to run open-ended in as many countries as possible including infants treated for retinopathy of prematurity irrespective of the used treatment modality. The registry is strictly observational; only clinical routine data is collected, no study-specific examinations or interventions are to be performed.

The aim of the EU-ROP registry is to collect information on as many patients as possible treated for ROP in Europe. Both the number of study centers as well as the number of patients to be included into the registry are not limited.

The primary objective is to describe the typical clinical features of infants with severe ROP, variations in phenotype, and the clinical progression of the disease over time (natural history) in different European countries as well as to study treatment patterns, follow-up patterns, as well as long-term outcomes.

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Conditions studied

  • Retinopathy of Prematurity

Keywords

  • ROP
  • anti-VEGF
  • laser coagulation
  • epidemiology
  • non-interventional study
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All infants Europe wide with ROP requiring treatment can be entered into the registry. The aim of the EU-ROP registry is to collect information on as many patients as possible treated for ROP in Europe. Both the number of study centers as well as the number of patients to be included into the registry are not limited.

Inclusion criteria

  • ROP requiring treatment according to the respective national ROP screening and treatment guidelines

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Denial or absence of consent for documentation and electronic storage of personal data by parents or legal guardians
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
3,000 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
18 Years
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • Preterm born infants treated for ROP

    Other: Registry of preterm born infants with treatment-requiring ROP

Interventions

  • OtherRegistry of preterm born infants with treatment-requiring ROP

    All prematurely born infants who develop treatment requiring ROP and are treated (independent of the kind of treatment modality) at a center that participates in the registry are eligible for database entry.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Baseline data of preterm born infants who develop treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity

    Birth weight, gestational age, weight at treatment, comorbidities (e.g. sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis)

    Time frame: Birth to treatment of ROP, an average of 12 weeks

  2. Treatment parameters at initial treatment

    Type of treatment

    Time frame: An average of 12 weeks postnatal age

  3. Treatment parameters at re-treatment

    Type of treatment

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 20 to 30 weeks postnatal age

  4. ROP stage

    Stage of ROP at treatment and during follow-up

    Time frame: Through follow-up after treatment, an average of 1 year postnatal age

Secondary outcomes

  1. Long-term ophthalmic development

    Ophthalmic development (e.g. orthoptic status, visual acuity)

    Time frame: Up to 18 years

  2. Long-term neurologic development

    Neurological developmental (e.g. assessed by psychometric assessments)

    Time frame: Up to 18 years

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Study locations

58 of 59 sites recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Salzburg
    Salzburg, Austria
    • Herbert Reitsamer · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Hospital Saint George
    Plovdiv, Bulgaria
    • Vasil G Marinov · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Lilyana P Dimitrova · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Alexandrovska
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Alexander H Oscar · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Tartu
    Tartu, Estonia
    • Mikk Pauklin · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Rothschild
    Paris, France
    • Georges Caputo · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Aachen, Germany
    • Peter Walter · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Helios
    Berlin, Germany
    • Helge Breuss · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Vivantes
    Berlin, Germany
    • Sabine Aisenbrey · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Bonn
    Bonn, Germany
    • Raffael Liegl · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Braunschweig Muncipal Hospital
    Braunschweig, Germany
    • Erik Chankiewitz · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Chemnitz, Germany
    • Vinodh Kakkassery · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Cologne, Germany
    • Tim U Krohne · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Carl-Thiem University Hospital Cottbus
    Cottbus, Germany
    • Lars Geerdts · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Düsseldorf, Germany
    • Rainer Guthoff · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Freiburg, Germany
    • Wolf A Lagrèze · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Fulda
    Fulda, Germany
    • Iva-Ruth Barthmann · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Gießen
    Gießen, Germany
    • Monika Andrassi-Darida · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Greifswald, Germany
    • Andreas Stahl · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Göttingen, Germany
    • Mohammed Khattab · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Hamburg, Germany
    • Martin Spitzer · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Hannover
    Hannover, Germany
    • Karsten Hufendiek · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Facharztpraxis für Augenheilkunde
    Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • Waldemar Jendritza · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Lübeck, Germany
    • Salvatore Grisanti · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ludwig-Maximilins-University Munich
    Munich, Germany
    • Oliver Ehrt · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Augenzentrum am St. Franziskus-Hospital
    Münster, Germany
    • Georg Spital · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Münster, Germany
    • Barbara Glitz · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Nuremberg South Hospital
    Nuremberg, Germany
    • Florian Bauer · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ernst-von-Bergmann Hospital
    Potsdam, Germany
    • Ameli Gabel-Pfisterer · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Regensburg, Germany
    • Teresa Barth · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital
    Tübingen, Germany
    • Daniela Süsskind · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Ulm
    Ulm, Germany
    • Armin Wolf · Contact
    Recruiting
  • P&A Kyriakou Athens Children Hospital
    Athens, Greece
    • Agathi Kouri · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Department of Ophthalmology University Hospital of Larissa
    Larissa, Greece
    • Elena Papageorgiou · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Thessaloníki, Greece
    • Asimina Mataftsi · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Clinical Center of Kosovo
    Pristina, Kosovo
    • Belinda Pustina · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Medical University of Bialystok Children's Clinical Hospital
    Białystok, Poland
    • Monika Ozieblo-Kupczyk · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Hospital in Bydgoszcz
    Bydgoszcz, Poland
    • Magdalena Kaszuba-Modrzejewska · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Hospital in Zabrze Silesia
    Katowice, Poland
    • Bogumila Wójcik-Niklewska · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Popowski Regional Specialized Children's Hospital
    Olsztyn, Poland
    • Maria Szwajkowska · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University of Medical Sciences Poznan
    Poznań, Poland
    • Anna Gotz-Wieckowska · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw
    Warsaw, Poland
    • Wojciech Hautz · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina
    Málaga, Spain
    • Julia Escudero · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe
    Valencia, Spain
    • Isabel Pascual-Camps · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Genève
    Geneva, Switzerland
    • Gabriele Thumann · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Cukurova
    Adana, Turkey
    • Hacer Y Yildizdas · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Etlik Zübeyde Hanim Women's Health Education and Research Hospital
    Ankara, Turkey
    • Caner Kara · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hacettepe University Children's Hospital
    Ankara, Turkey
    • Irem Iyigün · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Ankara
    Ankara, Turkey
    • Huban Atilla · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Baskent
    Ankara, Turkey
    • Imren Akkoyun · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Gazi
    Ankara, Turkey
    • Sengul Ozdek · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Uludag
    Bursa, Turkey
    • Nilgun Koksal · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Umraniye Research and Education Hospital
    Istanbul, Turkey
    • Gulay Karakus · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Eye Hospital Koc
    Istanbul, Turkey
    • Ayse Y Tas · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ordu University Medical Faculty
    Ordu, Turkey
    • Aslihan Uzun · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ondokuz Mayis University Eye Hospital
    Samsun, Turkey
    • Ozlem E Yucel · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Eye Microsurgery Perinatal Center Kiev
    Kiev, Ukraine
    • Lupyr Sergii · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Kyiv Pediatric Hospital Ohmatdyt
    Kiev, Ukraine
    • Kateryna Fedchuk · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy Odessa
    Odesa, Ukraine
    • Katsan S Volodymyrovych · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Catt C, Pfeil JM, Barthelmes D, Gole GA, Krohne TU, Wu WC, Kusaka S, Zhao P, Dai S, Elder J, Heckmann M, Stack J, Khonyongwa-Fernandez G, Stahl A. Development of a joint set of database parameters for the EU-ROP and Fight Childhood Blindness! ROP Registries. Br J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jun 20;108(7):1030-1037. doi: 10.1136/bjo-2023-323915. PubMed 37704267 ↗
  • Winter K, Pfeil JM, Engmann H, Aisenbrey S, Lorenz B, Hufendiek K, Breuss H, Khattab M, Susskind D, Kakkassery V, Lagreze WA, Barth T, Liegl R, Brunder MC, Skevas C, Goldammer I, Glitz B, Michalewicz E, Krohne TU, Bartmann IR, Stahl A; Retina.net ROP and EU-ROP registry study groups. Comparability of input parameters in the German Retina.net ROP registry and the EU-ROP registry - An exemplary comparison between 2011 and 2021. Acta Ophthalmol. 2024 May;102(3):e314-e321. doi: 10.1111/aos.15753. Epub 2023 Sep 19. PubMed 37725047 ↗

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04939571
Lead sponsor
University Medicine Greifswald
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 25, 2021
Start date
Aug 6, 2021
Primary completion
Aug 2038 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 2039 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 24, 2024

Study contacts

Andreas Stahl, Professor
Contact
andreas.stahl@med.uni-greifswald.de
+49 3834 86 ext. 5900
Johanna M Pfeil, Dr
Contact
johanna.pfeil@med.uni-greifswald.de
+49 3834 86 ext. 5900
Andreas Stahl, Professor
principal investigator · Department of Ophthalmology, University Medicine Greifswald

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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