Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Oedema That Persists After Laser Treatment (TDMO)

Summary

The trial will test the hypothesis that an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone is safe and efficacious for patients with clinically significant diabetic macular oedema that is recalcitrant to conventional laser therapy

Timeline

Start

2002-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-04

Publications

• Results Sutter FK, Simpson JM, Gillies MC. Intravitreal triamcinolone for diabetic macular edema that persists after laser treatment: three-month efficacy and safety results of a prospective, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ophthalmology. 2004 Nov;111(11):2044-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.05.025.
• Results Larsson J, Zhu M, Sutter F, Gillies MC. Relation between reduction of foveal thickness and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema treated with intravitreal triamcinolone. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 May;139(5):802-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.12.054.
• Rittiphairoj T, Mir TA, Li T, Virgili G. Intravitreal steroids for macular edema in diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Nov 17;11(11):CD005656. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005656.pub3.
• O'Day RF, Barthelmes D, Zhu M, Wong TY, McAllister IL, Arnold JJ, Gillies MC. Intraocular pressure rise is predictive of vision improvement after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for diabetic macular oedema: a retrospective analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Ophthalmol. 2014 Oct 21;14:123. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-123.

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