Glaucoma, Open-AngleSAFARI4NCT05625958
Clinical Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of CID v2.2 in Glaucoma Surgery
A study testing Cilioscleral Interposition Device in people with Glaucoma, Open-Angle and Glaucoma, Narrow Angle, run by Ciliatech at 5 sites in Spain.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of implanting a new version of an interposition supraciliary implant (SV22) as a stand-alone therapy for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open and narrow angle glaucoma who have failed at least one class of topical… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Glaucoma, Narrow Angle
- What is being tested?
- Cilioscleral Interposition Device
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 29 participants
- Where
- 5 sitesSpain
- Study dates
- 23 Mar 2023to 1 Sep 2028
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Inclusion Criteria To be included in the study, all patients must meet all the following inclusion criteria:
Patient:
- 18 years or older
- Able to understand study requirements
- Able and willing:
- To provide written consent on the EC-approved Informed Consent Form,
- To comply with all study requirements, including required study follow-up visits' agenda Eye:
- Glaucoma (angle from 1 to 4 according to Schaffer grade), including pseudo exfoliative and pigmentary glaucoma, which meets the following:
- Vertical C/D ratio on fundoscopic exam ≤ 0.9, or OCT demonstrating a thinness of the nerve fibre layer at the p<5% level as defined by the instrument's built-in age-adjusted normative database,
- Glaucoma visual field with -15 < MD < 0dB (Humphrey) or 0 < MD < 15 dB (Octopus)
- Pharmacological treatments: glaucoma not adequately controlled by 1 to 3 different IOP-lowering medication(s), given each for at least one month prior to Screening,
- IOP:
- if using 1 or 2 IOP-lowering medications, IOP is between 18 mmHg and 30 mmHg in the study eye at Screening visit
- if using 3 IOP-lowering medications, IOP is between 18 mmHg and 25 mmHg in the study eye at Screening visit
- Having the indication for glaucoma surgery alone (no concomitant cataract surgery)
- Central Corneal Thickness between 480 to 620 µm
- Gonioscopy confirming normal angle anatomy at site of implantation. Angle anatomy may include Peripheral Anterior Synechiae (PAS) of up to maximum of 3 clock hours if not present parallel to the proposed site of device implantation.
Exclusion criteria Patients will not participate in this clinical study if they meet any of the following criteria:
Patient:
- Patient with a known allergy to any of the constituents of the products used in this study or known steroid responder
- Patient already included in another study
- A person protected by law (temporary or permanent guardianship) or not capable of discernment
- Patient who may not assist to all follow-up visits (because of frequent travelling, or living in remote area, or limited moving capacities, …)
- Pregnant or nursing woman at the date of inclusion (only for women of childbearing potential: positive urine pregnancy test at screening)
- With uncontrolled systemic disease that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would put the subject's health at risk and/or prevent the subject from completing all study visits (e.g. inability to reliably complete visual field testing over the course of the study, or take glaucoma medications (e.g. Parkinson's disease), or uncontrolled systemic disease (diabetes, hypertension) that could compromise participation in the study, …)
- Who have a new or modified prescription for a systemic treatment that could influence IOP within one month prior to inclusion, or who are aware of a future change in their systemic treatment, or if their medical condition indicates that their systemic treatment may change in the future
- Chemotherapy in the last 6 months before surgery Eye:
- Inflammatory, congenital, malignant, traumatic, uveitic, neovascular glaucoma or iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (ICE syndrome)
- Fast progressing or very severe glaucoma or any condition requiring a filtering surgery
- History of any incisional glaucoma surgery or implantable glaucoma device
- Prior SLT, ALT or MLT
- Eye surgery (other than glaucoma) less than 6 months ago, or presenting sequelae of previous eye surgery or trauma
- Eye with uncontrolled IOP despite 4 IOP-lowering medications prescribed for more than a month
- Eye with severe OSD and / or severe dry eye defined as Oxford score ≥ 4
- Inability to obtain accurate IOP measurement throughout the study (e.g. history of corneal surgery, corneal opacities or disease/pathology)
- Conditions associated with elevated episcleral venous pressure such as active thyroid orbitopathy, cavernous sinus fistula, Sturge Weber syndrome, orbital tumors, orbital congestive disease
- Any known ocular condition that may require intraocular intervention during the protocol required follow-up period
- Premature or mature cataract (initial cataract are accepted)
- Any condition that prevents the investigational device implantation in the superior and nasal region of the eye
- Pre-existing ocular or systemic pathology that may, in the opinion of the Investigator, cause post-operative complications
- Non laser retinal surgery
- Previous cyclodestructive or scleral buckling procedure
- History of complicated cataract surgery (as posterior capsular rupture, vitreous loss)
- History of silicone oil
- Ocular steroid in the planned study eye or systemic steroid use in the last 3 months before surgery
- Use of oral hypotensive glaucoma medications for treatment of the fellow eye
- Axial length <20 mm
- Severe myopia defined as spherical correction < -8 Diopters
- Best corrected distant visual acuity of 0.1 (20/200) or worse in the study or fellow eye
- Peripheral synechia at the angle
- Closed angle
- Peripheral laser iridotomy in the last 7 days before planned surgery
- Epithelial or fibrous downgrowth
- Any kind of endothelial dystrophy
- Severe blepharitis
- Chronic or recurrent uveitis
- Conjunctiva showing keratitis, fine conjunctiva, erosion or abnormal vascularisation
- Active iris neovascularization, rubeosis, proliferative retinopathy, diagnosed degenerative visual disorders (e.g. macular degeneration or other retinal disorders), vitreous haemorrhage, preretinal haemorrhage, choroidopathy or other ophthalmic disease that could confound study results
- Scleral fixation IOL
- Lens dislocation or subluxation
- Vitreous loss in the anterior chamber
Trial locations and contacts
5 sites in 1 country.
5 sites in 1 country
Spain5 sites
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona
Barcelona, 08028
Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Servicio de Oftalmología
Madrid, 28040
OMIQ Research
Sabadell, 08205
Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
Zaragoza, 50009
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Servicio de Oftalmología.
Zaragoza, 50009
About this study
Official title: Multicentre, Non-randomised Clinical Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Cilioscleral Interposition Device ("CID") v2.2 in Glaucoma Surgery
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of implanting a new version of an interposition supraciliary implant (SV22) as a stand-alone therapy for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open and narrow angle glaucoma who have failed at least one class of topical medical therapy
Read the detailed description
29 patients will be included in this 36 months interventional study.
All patients shall be indicated for glaucoma surgery alone (not combined with cataract), and will undergo incisional glaucoma therapy, including a simplified surgical technique allowing the placement of an interposition supraciliary permanent device.
Several patient data like safety events, IOP, visual capacity or associated pharmacological treatments will be recorded pre and post-operatively all along the follow-up.
Purpose is to ensure device safety, and verify IOP and associated pharmacological treatment reduction after surgery, and evolution along follow-up.
- Conditions
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Glaucoma, Narrow Angle
- Being tested
- Cilioscleral Interposition Device
- Medical subject headings
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Glaucoma, Angle-Closure
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cilioscleral Interposition DeviceDevice
Surgical placement of SV22 cilioscleral interposition device in the supraciliary space
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Cilioscleral Interposition Device | Experimental | Any patients corresponding to inclusion / exclusion criteria Receives: Device: Cilioscleral Interposition Device |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Assess post-op IOP reduction
Mean change in medicated IOP and IOP-lowering pharmacological treatments from baseline and 6 months after surgery
Measured: 6 months
Secondary outcomes (24)
Change in medicated IOP and IOP-lowering treatments
Mean change in medicated IOP and IOP-lowering pharmacological treatments
Measured: baseline and 12, 24, and 26 months after surgery
Decrease in IOP from baseline up to 36 months post-operatively
Proportion of eyes with greater than or equal to 20% decrease in IOP from baseline up to 36 months post-operatively with IOP lowering medication
Measured: baseline up to 6, 12, 24, and 36 months post-operatively
Mean medicated IOP
Mean medicated IOP at baseline and up to 36 months after surgery
Measured: baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Mean number of IOP lowering treatments
Mean number of IOP lowering pharmacological treatments at baseline and up to 36 months after surgery
Measured: baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Absolute success rate: proportion of med-free eyes
Proportion of med-free eyes with IOP decrease of greater than or equal to 20% from baseline and below 18 mmHg up to 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24, and 36 months
Qualified success rate: proportion of eyes with IOP decrease
Proportion of eyes with IOP decrease of greater than or equal to 20% from baseline and below 18 mmHg up to 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24, 36 months
Rate of patients with reduction of IOP at each visit
Rate of patients with at least a 20%, 30%, 40% and more than 50% reduction in IOP at each visit vs baseline, with and without IOP lowering pharmacological treatments
Measured: 36 months
Proportion of eyes free of ocular hypertensives
Proportion of eyes free of ocular hypotensive medications at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Proportion of eyes with IOP between 6 and 18 mmHg with and without IOP lowering treatments
Proportion of eyes with IOP ≥6 mmHg and ≤ 18 mmHg, with and without IOP-lowering pharmacological treatments at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Proportion of eyes with IOP between 6 and 16 mmHg with and without IOP lowering treatments
Proportion of eyes with IOP ≥6 mmHg and ≤ 16 mmHg, with and without IOP-lowering pharmacological treatments at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Number of adjunctive therapies
Average number of adjunctive therapies (needling, goniopuncture, SLT,
…) performed up to 36 months postoperatively
Measured: 36 months
Patient rate without filtering bleb
Rate of patients without filtering bleb, average duration of filtering blebs at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Surgical implantation evaluation
To evaluate the surgical procedure (duration of operation, ease of implantation)
Measured: 1 day
Assess patient experience post-operatively
To describe patient experience following surgery using questions asked by the surgeon, for pain (Yes/No), quality of vision (deteriorated, stable, improved) and sensation in the eye (discomfort / nothing to declare) at 1 and 7 days, then at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 1 and 7 days, then at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Describe patient satisfaction post-operatively
To describe patient satisfaction following surgery using questionnaires (VAS scale) for comfort and satisfaction at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Assess patient quality of life
To describe changes in quality of life using EQ5D-5L questionnaire at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of device related ocular adverse events and adverse device effects
Rate of intraoperative and post-operative device related ocular adverse events and adverse device effects
Measured: up to 36 months
Safety examination findings
Slit lamp, gonioscopy and fundus findings
Measured: up to 36 months
Rate of Best Corrected Visual Acuity
Rate of Best Corrected Visual Acuity variation (BCVA) at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of Visual Field Mean Deviation variation
Rate of Visual Field Mean Deviation variation (VF MD) at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of C/D ratio mean deviation
Rate of C/D ratio mean deviation at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of sight threatening events
Rate of sight threatening events
Measured: up to 36 months
Rate of change in endothelial cell density (ECD) and central corneal thickness (CCT)
Rate of change in endothelial cell density (ECD) and central corneal thickness (CCT) at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of occurrence of SUPRAFLOW V2.2 movements
Rate of occurrence of SUPRAFLOW V2.2 movements inside the supraciliary space at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Measured: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Nov 2022
- Study start23 Mar 2023
- Primary completion29 Apr 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Sep 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Glaucoma, Open-AngleStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 29 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ciliatech
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Julian GARCIA FEIJOO, Pr, Principal investigator, Clinica San Carlos
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05625958
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SAFARI 4
- Acronym
- SAFARI4
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 15 Nov 2022
- Last updated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multicentre, Non-randomised Clinical Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Cilioscleral Interposition Device ("CID") v2.2 in Glaucoma Surgery
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05625958
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SAFARI4 / SAFARI 4
- Conditions
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Glaucoma, Narrow Angle
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 29 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- CiliatechIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- 23 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 29 Apr 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Sep 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 23 Nov 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of implanting a new version of an interposition supraciliary implant (SV22) as a stand-alone therapy for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open and narrow angle glaucoma who have failed at least one class of topical medical therapy
Detailed description
29 patients will be included in this 36 months interventional study.
All patients shall be indicated for glaucoma surgery alone (not combined with cataract), and will undergo incisional glaucoma therapy, including a simplified surgical technique allowing the placement of an interposition supraciliary permanent device.
Several patient data like safety events, IOP, visual capacity or associated pharmacological treatments will be recorded pre and post-operatively all along the follow-up.
Purpose is to ensure device safety, and verify IOP and associated pharmacological treatment reduction after surgery, and evolution along follow-up.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Cilioscleral Interposition Device | Experimental | Device: Cilioscleral Interposition DeviceAny patients corresponding to inclusion / exclusion criteria |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Cilioscleral Interposition DeviceSurgical placement of SV22 cilioscleral interposition device in the supraciliary space | Device | Cilioscleral Interposition Device |
Primary outcome
Assess post-op IOP reduction
Time frame: 6 months
Mean change in medicated IOP and IOP-lowering pharmacological treatments from baseline and 6 months after surgery
24 secondary outcomes
Change in medicated IOP and IOP-lowering treatments
Time frame: baseline and 12, 24, and 26 months after surgery
Decrease in IOP from baseline up to 36 months post-operatively
Time frame: baseline up to 6, 12, 24, and 36 months post-operatively
Mean medicated IOP
Time frame: baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Mean number of IOP lowering treatments
Time frame: baseline, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Absolute success rate: proportion of med-free eyes
Time frame: 6, 12, 24, and 36 months
Qualified success rate: proportion of eyes with IOP decrease
Time frame: 6, 12, 24, 36 months
Rate of patients with reduction of IOP at each visit
Time frame: 36 months
Proportion of eyes free of ocular hypertensives
Time frame: 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery
Proportion of eyes with IOP between 6 and 18 mmHg with and without IOP lowering treatments
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Proportion of eyes with IOP between 6 and 16 mmHg with and without IOP lowering treatments
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Number of adjunctive therapies
Time frame: 36 months
Patient rate without filtering bleb
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Surgical implantation evaluation
Time frame: 1 day
Assess patient experience post-operatively
Time frame: 1 and 7 days, then at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Describe patient satisfaction post-operatively
Time frame: 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Assess patient quality of life
Time frame: 1, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of device related ocular adverse events and adverse device effects
Time frame: up to 36 months
Safety examination findings
Time frame: up to 36 months
Rate of Best Corrected Visual Acuity
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of Visual Field Mean Deviation variation
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of C/D ratio mean deviation
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of sight threatening events
Time frame: up to 36 months
Rate of change in endothelial cell density (ECD) and central corneal thickness (CCT)
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Rate of occurrence of SUPRAFLOW V2.2 movements
Time frame: 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after surgery
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 Apr 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Julian GARCIA FEIJOO, Pr principal investigator
Clinica San Carlos
5 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Cilioscleral Interposition Device in people with Glaucoma, Open-Angle and Glaucoma, Narrow Angle, run by Ciliatech at 5 sites in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 5 sites in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Assess post-op IOP reduction (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Apr 2026.