Diabetic macular edema Eye Diseases Diabetic retinopathy
Conditions
Interventions
The standard procedure for diabetic macular edema is to
1. Go through the options available such as intraocular injections or subthreshold micropulse diode laser therapy
2. If Micropulse is chosen, g
however, when performing the OCT scan of the macula, we will also perform an OCT scan of the optic nerve head. The extra scan will take 2 minutes an eye and many studies have been published showing th
Sponsors
University of Northern British Columbia (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Type I or type II diabetes mellitus 2. Clinically significant macular edema (confirmed by optical coherence tomography) 3. HbA1 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy 2. Retinal detachment 3. Significant media opacities 4. Previous retinal or intraocular surgery 5. Glaucoma or other ocular diseases interfering with the assessment of the results 6. Cataract extraction or lens implantation in the previous 12 months 7. Preretinal or vitreous haemorrhage
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Optic nerve head nerve fiber layer thickness measured by optical coherence tomography measured pre-laser, 3 months and 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Visual Acuity using Snellen Visual Acuity Chart 2. Retinal Thickness using optical coherence tomography Measured pre-laser, 3 months and 6 months | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed