New eye injection aims to reduce treatment burden for diabetic macular edema
NCT ID NCT04772105
First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This trial tests an investigational drug called BAT5906, given as an eye injection, for people with diabetic macular edema—a condition where fluid builds up in the retina and blurs vision. The study compares two doses (2.5 mg and 4 mg) given multiple times to see which works best and lasts longer. The goal is to find a dose that controls swelling and improves eyesight while possibly allowing fewer injections over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BAT5906 injection
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this treatment could help people with diabetic macular edema maintain better vision with fewer eye injections.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Possible side effects include eye inflammation or vision changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Finished
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Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Only the following criteria are met: 1. Sign the informed consent voluntarily, willing and capable to follow the procedures of outpatient visits and research at the time specified in the trial 2. Diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, aged 18 to 80 years old; 3. The drug treatment to control diabetes must be stable within 3 months before randomization and is expected to remain stable during the study period; 4. Macular edema secondary to diabetes, and found to be involved in the macular center (fovea) of the research eye by OCT examination, confirmed by the reading center during screening; 5. The study eye is assessed by OCT with CRT ≥ 250 µm; 6. BCVA in the study eye is 73 to 21 letters (using the ETDRS chart, inclusive of boundary values, equivalent to a Snellen visual acuity score of 20/40 to 20/400 in the study eye). 7. BCVA in the fellow eye is ≥24 letters (using the ETDRS chart, equivalent to Snellen visual acuity ≥20/320). Note: If both eyes meet the inclusion criteria, the eye with the worse baseline visual acuity will be selected as the study eye. 8. At the time of screening and baseline, the investigator judged that the contralateral eye was expected to not require any anti-VEGF treatment within 3 months (PK group only). Exclusion Criteria: * If a patient meets any of the following conditions, they cannot enter the study: Eye exclusion criteria: 1. There is structural damage to the center of the macula in the eye, and the best corrected vision may not be improved after the macular edema resolves, including atrophy of retinal pigment epithelial cells, subretinal fibrosis or scarring, and obvious macular ischemia (FFA suggests arching Obvious damage), macular anterior membrane involving fovea or organic hard exudate (as confirmed by the reading center before randomization); 2. The research eye has iris lesions and neovascular glaucoma; 3. Those who have no eye lens (except intraocular lens); 4. The study eye has active hyperplastic diabetic retinopathy (PDR); 5. The research eye has anyone other than diabetic macular edema that may confuse macular assessment or vision testing (retinal vascular occlusion, retinal detachment, vitreous macular traction, macular hole, preretinal fibrosis involving the macula, choroidal neovascularization, age Related macular degeneration, etc.); 6. The research eye is accompanied by poorly controlled glaucoma, which is defined as the intraocular pressure still ≥21mmHg after treatment with anti-glaucoma drugs, or according to the judgment of the investigator; 7. The research eye has undergone or may have undergone anti-glaucoma surgery during the study period (including trabeculectomy, sclerectomy and non-penetrating trabecular surgery, etc.); 8. The research eye has undergone vitreoretinal surgery or scleral buckling; 9. At the time of screening and baseline, the study eye had received laser photocoagulation (total retina or macular laser photocoagulation) within 90 days (including 90 days) or during the study period; 10. At the time of screening and baseline, the study eye had any intraocular or perocular surgery within 90 days (including 90 days) (except for yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) lens capsule incision and eyelid surgery for more than 30 days) ; 11. A history of uveitis in any eye; 12. Any eye has active ocular inflammation or infection (bacterial, viral, parasitic or fungal infection); 13. At the time of screening and baseline, any eye had received intraocular anti-VEGF treatment within the first 90 days (including 90 days), such as ranibizumab, bevacizumab, abercept, compacept, etc.; 14. At the time of screening and baseline, any eye has received intraocular, periocular, and subconjunctival corticosteroid treatment within the first 90 days (including 90 days); Exclusion criteria for abnormal conditions in laboratory inspection: 15. Abnormal liver and kidney function (this test specifies that ALT and AST should not be higher than the upper limit of the normal value of the laboratory in the center by 2.5 times; Crea and BUN should not be higher than the upper limit of the normal value of the laboratory in the center by 2 times); 16. Abnormal blood coagulation function (prothrombin time ≥ upper limit of normal value 3 seconds, activated partial thromboplastin time ≥ upper limit of normal value 10 seconds); 17. Any one of the infected patients: active hepatitis B (if HBsAg(+) requires HBV DNA must be\> 500 IU/mL or the hospital maximum limit), hepatitis C, AIDS or syphilis (positive RPR test); Other exclusion criteria: 18. Myocardial infarction or stroke occurred within 6 months before the first dose; 19. Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus \[defined as glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) \> 10%\]; 20. Accompanied by uncontrollable hypertension (defined as blood pressure \>150/100 mmHg after treatment with antihypertensive drugs); 21. Patients who took large doses of oral or injectable corticosteroids and other hormonal drugs (\>10 mg prednisolone or the same dose/day) within 6 months before screening, but patients who used steroid drugs for inhalation, nasal cavity or local skin small doses except; 22. Those who have undergone surgery within 1 month and have not healed, or according to the investigator's judgment; 23. There is a history of contraindications to the study drug, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination results, or a disease or symptom that is reasonably suspected of being based on clinical laboratory results is a contraindication to the study drug, which may affect the judgment of the study results, or make the subject suffer Higher risk of complications; 24. Allergy or contraindications to known research drugs or their ingredients, fluorescein or povidone iodine; 25. Those who participated in clinical trials of any drugs (except vitamins and minerals) or devices 90 days before the first dose (including 90 days); 26. Women who are pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding (pregnancy is defined as a positive blood/urine pregnancy test in this trial); male or female subjects of fertility do not agree to the entire study period and within 3 months after the end of the visit period Take appropriate contraceptive measures (such as IUD, birth control pills or condoms, etc.). For women who have not been menopausal or have been menopausal but have not met the menopause time continuously for more than 12 months, and have not undergone sterilization surgery (ovarian and/or hysterectomy), they are defined as having fertility. The definition of fertility may be adjusted according to local standards in each region. Note: High-efficiency contraception methods include total abstinence, IUD, double barrier method (eg condom + diaphragm with spermicides, implanted contraceptives, hormonal contraceptives \[contraceptives, implanted contraceptives, transdermal Patches, hormone-vaginal devices or sustained-release injections\], or the partner has undergone a vasectomy and is confirmed to have no sperm); 27. The researchers believe that there are other conditions that need to be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
Nantong, China
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Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
Qingdao, China
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Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Beijing, China
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Henan Provincial Eye Hospital
Henan, China
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Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Nanjing, China
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Jieyang People's Hospital
Jieyang, China
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Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shantou, China
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijiang, Beijing Municipality, 100730, China
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Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, China
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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, China
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The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanchang University
Nanchang, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College
Bengbu, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
Jilin City, China
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The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Xiangya, China
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Wenzhou Medical University Affiliated Optometry Hospital
Wenzhou, China
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Sichuan, China
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Xiangya Hospital Central South University
Xiangya, China
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Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Hangzhou, China
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