Intelligent Evaluation of Diabetic Retinopathy

A cohort of 5,000 diabetic patients with different stages of DR will be recruited and followed for an average of 2 years. Each year, general data as well as ophthalmological data will be collected. Retinal images and videos of both eyes will be acquired using different imaging modalities including ultrawidefield photography, OCT and OCT angiography. The EviRed cohort will be split in two groups: one group of 1,000 patients (validation cohort) will be randomly selected during the inclusion period by unbalanced draw to be representative of the general diabetic population. Their data will be used for the validation of the algorithms. The data of the remaining 4,000 patients (training cohort) will be used to train the algorithms. The main objective will be the validation of the prognostic tool and evaluate how accurately the algorithm can predict progression to severe retinopathy in the following year. Secondary objectives will be to evaluate how accurately the algorithm can assess DR severity and individual components of severe DR, predict progression to severe retinopathy, visual decrease, occurrence of fluid in the macula area in an eye, DR progression in an eye and for a patient, as well as to compare prediction by algorithm with the one made by ophthalmologists based on the current DR classification and their clinical experience. Secondary outcome measures will be sensitivity, specificity and AUC of the algorithm for detecting DR severity and individual components of severe DR, prediction of DR progression towards a severe form of DR, visual decrease, occurrence of fluid in the macular area in an eye, as well as to predict DR progression in an eye and for a patient.

Economic study Healthcare reimbursement data will also be collected and analyzed from Health Insurance. The inclusion and follow-up period of the cohort runs from 12/21/2020 to 12/21/2024, with follow-up durations varying from 1 to 3 years.