Observational Study of DME Following Scatter Laser Photocoagulation

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

155

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2005

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Conditions
Diabetic Macular Edema
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Scatter Laser Photocoagulation in 1 Sitting

1 sitting with a minimum of 1200 to a maximum of 1600 burns, with one burn width separation of burns and scatter extending from the peripheral arcades to beyond the equator.

PROCEDURE

Scatter Laser Photocoagulation in 4 Sittings

4 sittings, each separated by four weeks (+4 days), with approximately 300 burns in each of the first two sittings and investigator judgment for number of burns for the third and fourth sittings as long as the total for the four sittings is between 1200 and 1600 burns.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Eye Institute (NEI)

NIH

lead

Jaeb Center for Health Research

OTHER