30
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2013
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2014
Injection of Avastin / Lucentis, sampling aqueous humour
"Study participants will be divided into two arms. Subjects will receive Avastin or Lucentis a few days before vitrectomy surgery. The assignment will be double-masked.The first sample of aqueous humor will be obtained immediately prior to the intravitreal injection.~On the same of the intravitreal injection, a blood sample will be taken for hemoglobin A1C measurement. Approximately 1 week later when patients are having their scheduled vitrectomy surgery, an additional sample of aqueous humour will be obtained .~Intraocular cytokines levels will be measured in aqueous humor samples using multiplex cytokine assays."
UBC/VGH Eye Care Centre, Vancouver
University of British Columbia
OTHER