Bevacizumab Treatment For Posterior Zone I ROP (ROP4)
Retinopathy of Prematurity

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
The study participant must have at least one eye meeting all of the inclusion criteria in order to be eligible to participate:
- Birth weight < 1251 grams
 - Newly diagnosed (within 2 days) type 1 ROP in zone I in one or both eyes
 
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants meeting any of the following exclusion criteria will be excluded from study participation.
- Previous treatment for ROP
 - Stage 4 or 5 ROP in either eye
 - Treatment could not be done within 2 days of diagnosis of type 1 ROP
 - Investigator unwilling to randomize or parent unwilling to accept randomized assignment to either treatment
 - Transfer to another hospital anticipated within the next 4 weeks where exams by study-certified examiners are not available. If hospital discharge is anticipated within the next 4 weeks, parents unable or unwilling to return to the PEDIG site for outpatient follow-up visits.
 - Active ocular infection or purulent nasolacrimal duct obstruction in either eye
 
One eye will be excluded, and other eye may be eligible, if either of the following are present:
- Visually significant ocular anomaly (e.g., cataract, coloboma)
 - Opacity that precludes an adequate view of the retina
 
Sites / Locations
- Arkansas Childrens Hospital/ University of Arkansas Medical SciencesRecruiting
 - Univ of California, Irvine- Gavin Herbert Eye InstituteRecruiting
 - Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California, Los AngelesRecruiting
 - University of California, Davis
 - University of California San Francisco Department of OphthalmologyRecruiting
 - Denver Health and Hospital Authority
 - Connecticut Childrens Medical Center
 - The Emory Eye CenterRecruiting
 - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoRecruiting
 - U of Illinois at Chicago Eye and Ear InfirmaryRecruiting
 - University of ChicagoRecruiting
 - Indiana University School of MedicineRecruiting
 - Riley Hospital for Children
 - UK Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Eye ClinicRecruiting
 - Greater Baltimore Medical CenterRecruiting
 - Boston Children's HospitalRecruiting
 - University of Missouri- Columbia Mason Eye Institute
 - St. Louis University Ophthalmology
 - New York Presbyterian David H Koch CenterRecruiting
 - University of North Carolina
 - Duke University Eye CenterRecruiting
 - Cincinnati Children's HospitalRecruiting
 - Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates, Inc.Recruiting
 - Casey Eye InstituteRecruiting
 - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRecruiting
 - UPMC Children's Eye Center of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
 - Storm Eye InstituteRecruiting
 - Texas Children's Hospital - Dept. Of OphthalmologyRecruiting
 - The Woman's Hospital of Texas
 - Texas Retina Associates
 - University of Utah Moran Eye CenterRecruiting
 - Virginia Pediatric Eye CenterRecruiting
 - Surrey Memorial Hospital
 - IWK Health Centre
 - The Hospital for Sick Children
 - CHU - Sainte-Justine
 
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Bevacizumab- 0.063 mg
Bevacizumab- 0.25 mg
Participants will receive a single intravitreal injection of 0.063 mg of bevacizumab in one or both eyes following enrollment into the study. The injection/s should be given as soon as possible but no later than 2 days after the diagnosis of type 1 ROP meeting all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.
Participants will receive a single intravitreal injection of 0.25 mg of bevacizumab in one or both eyes following enrollment into the study. The injection/s should be given as soon as possible but no later than 2 days after the diagnosis of type 1 ROP meeting all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.