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Ozurdex in Reducing PVR After Vitreotomy in PDR

Not Applicable
Conditions
Diabetic Retinopathy
Interventions
Procedure: slow-release dexamethasone implant
Registration Number
NCT05415826
Lead Sponsor
Peking University People's Hospital
Brief Summary

Diabetic retinopathy is a significant source of visual morbidity in the adult population. Complications of diabetic retinopathy include ischemic maculopathy, macular edema, and sequelae of fibrovascular proliferation, such as vitreous hemorrhage (VH), tractional retinal detachment (TRD), and neovascular glaucoma.Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is traditionally performed for nonclearing VH, significant fibrovascular proliferation, refractive macular edema, and/or TRD, particularly if macula-involving. However, the pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial: Pro-infammatory cytokines and chemokines signifcantly contribute to the disease development and promote ischemic changes in the retina. Therefore, there is a potential role for intravitreal steroids in disease modifcation.

Detailed Description

Diabetic retinopathy is a significant source of visual morbidity in the adult population. Complications of diabetic retinopathy include ischemic maculopathy, macular edema, and sequelae of fibrovascular proliferation, such as vitreous hemorrhage (VH), tractional retinal detachment (TRD), and neovascular glaucoma.Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is traditionally performed for nonclearing VH, significant fibrovascular proliferation, refractive macular edema, and/or TRD, particularly if macula-involving. However, the pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial: Pro-infammatory cytokines and chemokines signifcantly contribute to the disease development and promote ischemic changes in the retina. Therefore, there is a potential role for intravitreal steroids in disease modifcation. Corticosteroids reduce not only leukostasis and infammatory cytokine production, but also VEGF expression. Experimentally, corticosteroids potentially can influence both the inflammatory and the proliferative components of the PVR process via a variety of modes of administration without evidence of demonstrable retinal toxicity. So, this study is carried out for the purpose of investigating the efficacy of slow-release dexamethasone implant in proliferative vitreoretinopathy of postoperative proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • macula off treatment naive TRD second to PDR causing visual loss;
  • treated by standardize PPV, endolaser and silicone oil tamponade with or without DEX implant at the end of the surgery within 12 months from diagnosis of TRD;
  • Hba1c is less than 10% with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
Exclusion Criteria
  • other concomitant ocular diseases that cause RD ( for example rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, exudative retinal detachment, other causes for TRD);
  • any previous injection of DEX implant;
  • abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface, such as epiretinal membrane, vitreomacular traction without RD

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PPV groupslow-release dexamethasone implantEyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy underwent PPV surgery with silicone oil filling.
PPV+implant groupslow-release dexamethasone implantEyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy underwent PPV surgery with silicone oil filling and slow-release dexamethasone implant.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CRTfrom preoperation to 3 months follow-up

central retina thickness

PVRduring 3 months after surgery

proliferative vitreoretinopathy after sugery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intraretinal hemorrhageduring 3 months after surgery

Intraretinal hemorrhage

BCVAfrom preoperation to 3 months follow-up

best corrected visual acuity

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