A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema

Summary

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of an intravitreal implant of dexamethasone for the treatment of diabetic macular edema.

Timeline

Start

2005-05

Primary completion

2012-05

Completion

2012-05

Publications

• Blinder KJ, Wykoff CC, Ferencz JR, Ehlers JP, Fang Y, Lai H, Ogidigben M, Lopez FJ. IMPACT OF THE DEXAMETHASONE IMPLANT ON SLOWING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY PROGRESSION: Post Hoc Analysis of the MEAD Study. Retina. 2025 Dec 1;45(12):2252-2262. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000004623.
• Kozak I, Do DV, Lai H, Ogidigben MJ, Lopez FJ. Time-in-Range Analysis of Responses after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Therapy in Eyes with Diabetic Macular Edema. Ophthalmol Sci. 2025 May 26;5(5):100833. doi: 10.1016/j.xops.2025.100833. eCollection 2025 Sep-Oct.
• Valentim CCS, Lai H, Ogidigben MJ, Singh RP, Talcott KE. Baseline factors affecting diabetic macular oedema resolution after intravitreal dexamethasone implant treatment: post hoc analysis of the MEAD study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2025 Jul 9;25(1):403. doi: 10.1186/s12886-025-04208-3.
• 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.
• Yoon YH, Boyer DS, Maturi RK, Bandello F, Belfort R Jr, Augustin AJ, Li XY, Bai Z, Hashad Y; Ozurdex MEAD Study Group. Natural history of diabetic macular edema and factors predicting outcomes in sham-treated patients (MEAD study). Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec;257(12):2639-2653. doi: 10.1007/s00417-019-04464-2. Epub 2019 Oct 25.
• Danis RP, Sadda S, Li XY, Cui H, Hashad Y, Whitcup SM. Anatomical effects of dexamethasone intravitreal implant in diabetic macular oedema: a pooled analysis of 3-year phase III trials. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jun;100(6):796-801. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306823. Epub 2015 Nov 18.
• Augustin AJ, Kuppermann BD, Lanzetta P, Loewenstein A, Li XY, Cui H, Hashad Y, Whitcup SM; Ozurdex MEAD Study Group. Dexamethasone intravitreal implant in previously treated patients with diabetic macular edema: subgroup analysis of the MEAD study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2015 Oct 30;15:150. doi: 10.1186/s12886-015-0148-2.

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