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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00167518
Date of registration: 05/09/2005
Primary sponsor: University of Sydney
Public title: Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Oedema That Persists After Laser Treatment (TDMO)
Scientific title: Phase II/III Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Treatment of Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Oedema That Persists After Laser Treatment
Date of first enrolment: March 2002
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00167518
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Mark C Gillies, MBBS, PhD
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Affiliation:  Save Sight Institute, Deaprtment of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinically significant diabetic macular oedema involving the fovea in one or both
eyes (phakic and/or pseudophakic) which persists at least 3 months after adequate
macular photocoagulation.

- best corrected visual acuity in the affected eye(s) 6/9 or worse

Exclusion Criteria:

- Glaucoma which is uncontrolled or is controlled but with glaucomatous visual field
defects

- Loss of vision due to other causes (e.g. age related macular degeneration, myopic
macular degeneration)

- Significant macular ischemia (FFA)

- No useful vision in fellow eye

- Known allergies to triamcinolone acetate or steroids

- Patient is already under systemic treatment with > 5mg prednisolone (or equivalent)
daily.

- Intercurrent severe disease such as septicaemia

- Any condition which would affect follow-up or photographic documentation (e.g.
geographical, psycho-social, media opacities)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetic Macular Oedema
Intervention(s)
Drug: Triamcinolone acetate
Primary Outcome(s)
• Incidence of moderate or severe adverse effects related to treatment
• Proportion of treated versus untreated eyes with improvement of visual acuity by 5 letters or more on the ETDRS chart at 24 months, no less than 3 months after the most recent treatment episode. An interim analysis of the primary and secondary outcome
Secondary Outcome(s)
• Any change of visual acuity (treated versus untreated eyes) at 3 months and 24 months after treatment
• Changes in semi-quantitative grading of cataract at 3 months and 24 months.
• Proportion of treated versus untreated eyes with reduction of macular thickness as demonstrated with OCT at 3 months and 24 months. Both absolute change and percentage change will be analysed.
Secondary ID(s)
JDRF 1-2003-767
ORIA Esme Anderson Grant
Sydney Eye Hospital Foundation
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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