Active clinical trials for "Macular Edema"

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is part of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and a leading cause of central visual loss in people with diabetes . Most patients require pharmacological inhibition using anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents with multiple monitoring visits that include optical coherence tomography (OCT), visual acuity test, and multiple injections.The substantial visit frequency puts pressure on ophthalmic clinics, and can impose a tremendous burden on both patients and their caregivers. Therefore, self-service examination instruments that can be portable and fast-moving become the key for realizing tele-medicine. Recently, the investigators have developed a portable, self-administrated home OCT machine, which is designed for home-based OCT scanning and monitoring for patients with retinal diseases including DME, age related macular degeneration (AMD) and choroidal neovascularization (CNV) that require multiple anti-VEGF injections. The investigators have confirmed its image quality and validated the retinal thickness measurements obtained from this device by comparing with hospital OCT (staff-administrated and clinic-based).In this study, the investigators will conduct a randomized clinical trial (RCT) to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a home OCT monitoring model versus standard hospital care model for patients with diabetic macular edema who need anti-VEGF injections.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of levosulpiride to improve retinal alterations due to diabetic macular edema and diabetic retinopathy

Select Proliferative Proliferative diabetic retinopathy(PDR) patients who are planning to undergo vitrectomy for informed notification. After obtaining informed consent, vitrectomy will be performed. After hemorrhage is removed, the macular shape can be obtained through intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) real-time scanning. If the central Macular Thickness (CMT) of the patient is ≥250μm, random Enter the Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment group, the internal limiting membrane stripping group and the glucocorticoid treatment group for treatment, and compare the patients' visual acuity (1 day, 7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months) and The thickness of the center of the macula, compare and observe its treatment effect.

Nowadays, steroids and anti-VEGF are the first line treatment for diabetic macular edema. Ozurdex is the most frequently used steroid and has label for both first and second line treatment. Ozurdex treatment paradigm for patients with diabetic macular edema is to inject patient only in case of huge recurrence. The risk of this scheme is a progressive loss of vision due to photoreceptors loss. A more pro-active regimen, as it already exists for anti-VEGF treatment, would allow a better patient management. A new treatment paradigm consisting in a loading dose of 2 injections within 12 weeks, followed by a PRN (Pro Re Nata) regimen with strict retreatment criteria and minimal time limit of 12 weeks between two injections should result in a better visual acuity gain and a limited augmentation of the number of injections (which will remain lower than the number observed for anti-VEGF treatment). The investigators have therefore chosen a pilot study to investigate the impact on efficacy and on the number of intravitreal injections (IVI) of such a scheme.

Part A of the study is conducted to select the THR-149 dose level. Part B of the study is conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of the selected dose level compared to aflibercept, up to Month 3. As from Month 3, in about half of the subjects, the effect of a single flip-over injection (aflibercept or THR-149) will be evaluated when administered 1 month after the 3 monthly injections of THR-149 or aflibercept. In the other subjects, the durability of 3 monthly injections of THR 149 or aflibercept will be evaluated.

Assessing the efficacy and safety of DEXTENZA, sustained release dexamethasone 0.4 mg inserts following 27 gauge vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peel

Suprachoroidal drug delivery is a recent route for managing various ocular conditions. Safety and long term results are still under investigations.

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of D-4517.2 After Subcutaneous Administration in subjects with Neovascular (wet) Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) or subjects with Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)

This study is designed to investigate treatment response in treatment-naïve underrepresented patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) who are treated with faricimab. The study population will consist of participants ≥18 years of age who self-identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino American, or Native American/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; in addition, a cohort of Asian Indian participants will be enrolled in India.

Changes after suprachoroidal injection are analyzed for statistical analysis.