Macular Edema clinical trials at UCSF
4 in progress, 1 open to new patients

Currently, diabetic macular edema is treated is through injection of a medications such as off-label bevacizumab, which decreases the swelling in the retina. These injections are sometimes required monthly until the condition is controlled. Recently, there have been some new FDA approved treatments using laser that decrease the swelling. These approximately ten minute treatments do not require injections and don't cause permanent damage to the eye, and they may decrease the number of injections one needs to get to treat diabetic macular edema (DME). The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to determine whether subvisible laser in combination with intravitreal bevacizumab is non-inferior compared to current standard of care (intravitreal bevacizumab alone) in achieving favorable outcomes for visual acuity, mean macular thickness, and patient quality of life, and has fewer needed intravitreal bevacizumab injections throughout the course of the 12 month study period.

Macular edema is a condition in which there is swelling in the macula, the part of the retina that gives you your best vision. This swelling can cause your vision to get bad. When it is diagnosed early and treated, you vision usually can be preserved. However, if the swelling goes untreated for several months, it can cause permanent vision loss. We think that the three eye drop regimens in this study, difluprednate, prednisolone acetate, or nepafenac plus prednisolone acetate, might be effective in treating uveitic macular edema. Patients who enter this study are being randomized to one of the three regimens and are being followed for 24 weeks.