Comparison of Initial Treatment in With Laser Grid in Diabetic Macular Edema to Intra Vitreal Avastin Injections

Ziv Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetic Macular Edema; Diabetus Mellitus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01769599

0108-12-ZIV

Details and patient eligibility

About

there is no yet agreement about the best way to treat Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) the two options up to day are using Grid laser treatment Vs. Avastin injections or a combination of both in this study we want to compare the two attitudes.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diabetic patients with macular edema
• age 30 to 80 Yrs. old
• no previous ocular treatment
• patiens with macular edema that was shown by OCT or FA
• patients with at least 6 months follow-up after the last treatment

Exclusion criteria

• patients with other ocular disease (such as glaucoma etc.)
• patients with previous ocular surgery
• patiens with eye trauma
• patiens with macular edema not from DM

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Grid Treatment

Description:

30 patients that were treated with laser grid treatment

Avastin Treatment

Description:

patients that were treated with Avastin injections