Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Ranibizumab as a Preoperative Adjunct Treatment Before Vitrectomy Surgery in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) Compared to Vitrectomy Alone

Summary

This study investigates the hypothesis that ranibizumab injection given into the eye is a safe, efficacious and helping treatment option applied before surgical intervention of the proliferative diabetic retinal eye disorder.

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2013-09

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Dervenis P, Dervenis N, Smith JM, Steel DH. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factors in combination with vitrectomy for complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 31;5(5):CD008214. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008214.pub4.

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Indications