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Use of Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Patients With Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema

Phase 3
Withdrawn
Conditions
Diabetic Macular Edema
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Registration Number
NCT00417716
Lead Sponsor
Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México
Brief Summary

Intravitreal Bevacizumab is an effective treatment for the diffuse diabetic macular edema

Detailed Description

A non-randomized prospective clinical interventional study which includes 45 non previously treated patients with DME. The patients received a single intravitreal injection of 2.5 mg bevacizumab. Follow-up included clinical examination (best corrected visual acuity (BCVA, intraocular pressure (IOP), cataract grading, DME characteristics and systemic check-up) pre-injection, at first visit, at weeks 1 and 2 and months 1 and 3. OCT and fluorescein angiography was evaluated at months 1 and 3.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Macular edema involving the center of the macula demonstrated on OCT
  • Clear ocular media
  • Untreated patients
  • Older than 45 years
  • BCVA of the fellow eye at least 20/100
Exclusion Criteria
  • Renal diabetic disease, uncontrolled hypertension or stroke history
  • Other ocular disease
  • Ocular surgery excepting uncomplicated phacoemulsification
  • History of photocoagulation (panretinal or focal)
  • History of another intravitreal treatment (like triamcinolone)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
BCVA
Fluorescein Angiography
Optical Coherence Tomography
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

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Mexico city, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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