Active clinical trials for "Macular Edema"

This pilot study aims to establish that treatment with near infrared light (NIR) reduces diabetic macular oedema in patients suffering diabetic retinopathy by exerting a positive beneficial effect at retinal cellular level.

A Phase 1 Study to evaluate the Safety of teprotumumab in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema.

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, dose-escalation clinical study, enrolling 21 subjects in one of the two treatment groups to determine the effects of topical ocular administration of low dose or high dose MTP-131 given twice a day in subjects with Diabetic Macular Edema and Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Purpose: To compare the effects of macular photocoagulation with or without intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or triamcinolone (IVTA) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). Casuistic and Methods: 58 eyes of 44 patients with diffuse DME were randomized to receive either IVB + focal/grid laser (IVB-Laser, n=19), IVTA + focal/grid laser (IVTA-Laser, n=16) or focal/grid laser alone (Laser, n=23). Ophthalmic evaluation, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP) and central macular thickness (CMT) were performed at baseline and monthly for 12 months.

To provide treating physicians with experience with ILUVIEN as well as monitoring its safety (and effectiveness) in a real-life chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) patients judged insufficiently responsive to available therapies.

To explore a more clinical feasible treatment regime with ranibizumab for DME to provide satisfactory treatment effect with a lower number of visits and injections.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of ASP8232 in subjects with diabetic macular edema (DME). This study will evaluate the percent change from baseline in excess central subfield thickness (CST) in the study eye as assessed by spectral domain-optical coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) for ASP8232 monotherapy at Month 3.

This study is undertaken to determine the effect of intravitreal long acting dexamethasone implant, (Ozurdex®) in improving outcome of cataract surgery in patients with diabetic macular edema. Diabetic Macular Edema and cataract constitute important causes of visual impairment in patients with diabetes. Cataract surgery in patients with diabetic retinopathy is associated with progression of retinopathy. Several modalities such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, corticosteroids, hyperbaric oxygen, laser photocoagulation and vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling have been tried for managing inflammatory cystoid macular edema. Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide (TA), a water insoluble steroid, has been shown to reduce the retinal thickness and improve the visual acuity. However, recurrence of macular edema in patients who receive intravitreal TA is a major concern as the patients need multiple repeat injections. In search for the ideal corticosteroid preparation, a Dexamethasone Posterior Segment Drug Delivery System (Dexamethasone DDS - Ozurdex®, Allergan Inc, Irvine, California) was recently developed. Promising results have been shown in certain patients with persistent diabetic macular edema receiving this intravitreal drug delivery system with improvement in visual acuity The present study introduces a novel concept of using intraoperative Ozurdex ® implant in patients with diabetes mellitus while undergoing cataract surgery to minimize the worsening of diabetic maculopathy.

Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatments show great promise in the treatment of a variety of retinal diseases. This study addresses a condition which affects a large number of our patients in whom the investigators face difficult management decisions. These patients with uveitis are severely disabled with visual loss related to cystoid macular oedema (CMO) and few options remain when standard treatment has either failed or is contraindicated. The concentration of VEGF is increased in the eyes of patients with uveitis. Our hypothesis is that a series of injections of Ranibizumab may be an effective treatment for CMO. It is hoped that anti-VEGF therapy will have fewer side-effects than existing therapies and will be more effective in improving quality of life by reducing macular thickening and restoring visual function.

This study will evaluate the efficacy of ultra low dose danazol (Optina™) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema.