NCT06347107Completed
Robotic Subretinal tPA Injection Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Sept 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In the RoTIS study, the investigators would like to test the robotic stabilizer for the subretinal injection of tPA in patients with subretinal hemorrhage during standard-of-care surgery. The surgical devices used during this procedure will be the following: * The robotic stabilizer (prototype - FAMHP approval received) * 41G subretinal needle (CE marked - used within label) * Inicio micro-injection system (CE marked - used within label) The Inicio system mounted with the 41G needle will be held by the robot, and guided by the surgeon towards the required position. When the tip of the needle is in the desired subretinal position, the robotic stabilizer will be locked and the tPA will be injected till sufficient subretinal bleb formation is obtained, with a maximal duration of up to 3 minutes. As performed routinely, the surgical view through the microscope will be video-recorded and while the injection is being administered, the built-in iOCT of the Artevo surgical microscope (Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany) will be used to scan the retina area around the injection site to record the subretinal bleb formation for later review.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- First submitted
- 21 Mar 2024
- Start date
- Jun 2024
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Diseases
- Macular degeneration
- NCT number
- NCT06347107
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 20
- From Jun 2024 to the primary completion date, Aug 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Vitrectomy surgery for other indication than mentioned above
Other illness
- Any disorder, which in the investigator's opinion might jeopardise participant's safety or compliance with the study protocol.
Age
- Patients aged \< 18 years
Other
- No post-operative week 8 visit is anticipated
- General anesthesia not possible
Who the study is looking for
- Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures
- Patients that are scheduled for vitrectomy surgery to treat a submacular hemorrhage with subretinal injection of tPA.
- Both vitrectomy-only and combined phaco-vitrectomy surgeries
- General anesthesia
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UZ Leuven Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Unknown status |
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