About this trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of adding curcumin oral treatment to bevacizumab intravitreal injection in patients with central macular edema.

A blind study and a randomized and controlled clinical trial are conducted on diabetic patients with macular edema. The patients are divided into two intervention groups (bevacizumab + curcumin) and control (bevacizumab + placebo).

The evaluation of the central thickness of the macula and the evaluation of the central volume of the macula are the primary goals and the evaluation of the best visual acuity of the patient is the secondary goal.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Other retinal diseases except for DME and macular edema due to other causes including uveitis, epiretinal membrane, central retinal vein occlusion, and...

Existence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and patients with a history of vitrectomy

Patients with glaucoma, vitreous hemorrhage, age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)

Media opacities that limit the interpretation of diagnostic tests

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • bevacizumab with oral curcumin
  • bevacizumab with oral placebo

Treatment groups

52 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
Mohsen Pourazizi8174673461, IsfahanIsfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Sponsors and collaborators

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Lead sponsor