Overview
The study will be a multicentric, retrospective, non-interventional medical chart review of patients with AK who initiated a treatment with 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide as part of the Spanish Medicines in Special Situations program, whether they fully completed the treatment or not.
Baseline date is defined as the date of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide initiation. The Study Period for each patient will be considered the period from the baseline to the conclusion of the treatment.
Description
Primary objective:
• To describe the efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in the clinical resolution of AK in all patients that satisfy the inclusion criteria of the study, as measured by the proportion of patients cured at the end of the study period, confirmed at the 30-day follow-up (when available).
Secondary objectives:
• To describe the efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in the clinical resolution of AK in full compliant patients.
• To describe the efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in the improvement of visual acuity (VA).
• To describe the efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in the improvement of ocular clinical findings.
• To describe de efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in the reduction of pain.
• To determine the rate of patients requiring ocular surgery.
• To determine the rate of patients using topical ophthalmologic steroids or other relevant medications.
• To determine the time from start of treatment until clinical resolution.
• To determine the proportion of patients with concomitant fungal or bacterial corneal infections.
• To describe the efficacy of 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide in preventing disease relapse.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participation in the Spanish Medicines in Special Situations (Gestión de Medicamentos en Situaciones Especiales) program from August 2022 to 31 October 2024, because they presented clinical signs and symptoms consistent with AK and the identification of Acanthamoeba was confirmed by at least one of the following techniques:
- Confocal Microscopy o PCR o Identification by microbiological culture or cytological smear.
• Diagnosis of AK at least 2 months before inclusion in the study
• Age ≥12 years at the time of diagnosis.
• To have started and completed the treatment with 0.8 mg/ml polihexanide at the moment of the inclusion.
Exclusion Criteria:
- No participation in another trial contemporary at this one