Ozurdex as Adjunct to Avastin Compared to Avastin Alone in Treatment of Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that a combination treatment with Avastin and Ozurdex will result in a more rapid improvement of visual acuity compared to the use of Avastin alone.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Maturi, Raj K., M.D., P.C.
• Treatments: BB 1101; Bevacizumab; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female age 18 years or older

• Type 1 or type 2 diabetes

• BCVA score of >24 and <78 letters

• Presence of DME defined as Optical Coherence Tomography Center Subfield Thickness (OCT CST) >250microns

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anti-VEGF intravitreal treatment in last 4 weeks

• Intravitreal steroid treatment in the last 8 weeks

• PRP or Focal laser in last 4 months

• Active iris neovascularization