Diabetes mellitus Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
All patients underwent a complete ocular and systemic assessment once they consented for the study. The assessment was performed by the primary investigator before they were randomised into the two gr
Sponsors
University of Malaysia [Universiti Sains Malaysia] (Malaysia)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diabetic patients 2. Newly diagnosed clinically as DME 3. Aged more than 18 years old 4. Eeither sex
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with media opacity impairing intravitreal injection or laser photocoagulation procedure 2. DME with proliferative diabetic retinopathy still undergoing pan retinal photocoagulation 3. History of ocular surgery (eg. cataract operation) or Yag procedure with the risk of further aggravating the macular oedema 4. Intra-ocular pressure greater than 25 mmHg or any established glaucoma patient 5. Ocular or systemic infection 6. Known steroid allergy or responder 7. History of systemic steroid within 4 months prior to randomisation 8. HbA1c more than 10%
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at 3 months post-procedure: 1. Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) 2. Macular oedema index | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intraocular pressure, at 3 months post-procedure | — |
Countries
Malaysia
Outcome results
None listed