Aflibercept safety checked in indian DME patients
NCT ID NCT05511038
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested the safety of aflibercept, an already-approved eye injection, in 100 Indian adults with diabetic macular edema (DME). Participants received injections every 4 weeks for 5 months, then every 8 weeks for a total of 48 weeks. The main goal was to track any side effects, with additional checks on vision and eye thickness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- aflibercept (Eylea)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this trial could confirm that aflibercept is safe for Indian patients with diabetic macular edema, supporting its continued use.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed safety study, not designed to prove effectiveness. Results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Finished
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Apr 2024
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Female or male adult participant ≥18 years of age, with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus. * Participant must have diabetic macular edema (DME) secondary to diabetes mellitus, involving the centre of the macula (defined as the area of the centre subfield of optical coherence tomography (OCT)) in the study eye. * Decrease in vision, determined to be primarily the result of DME in the study eye. * Retinal thickness of ≥300 µm in the study eye, as assessed by OCT. * Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study ( ETDRS) letter score of 73 to 24 (i.e., VA of 20/50 to 20/320) or equivalent in the study eye. * Participant for whom the decision to initiate treatment with Intravitreal (IVT) aflibercept has been made by the treating Investigator/Physician. * Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study-related procedures. * Provide a signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) prior to any study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Having any contraindications to the use of IVT aflibercept as listed in the local prescribing information (i.e., ocular or periocular infection, active severe intraocular inflammation, and known hypersensitivity to aflibercept or to any of the excipients). * History of vitreoretinal surgery and/or scleral buckling in the study eye. * Ocular conditions with a poorer prognosis in the fellow eye than in the study eye. * Received previous/ prior treatment as mentioned below: * Received anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) drugs in the study eye (pegaptanib sodium, bevacizumab, ranibizumab, etc., including aflibercept) within the last 3 months of Day 1. * Received IVT dexamethasone or triamcinolone in the study eye within the last 3 months of Day 1. * Received intraocular or periocular corticosteroids in the study eye within the last 4 months of Day 1. * Had fluocinolone implant in the study eye within the last 3 years of Day 1. * Had dexamethasone implant in the study eye within the last 6 months of Day 1. * systemic anti-angiogenic agents within 6 months of Day 1. * Uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye (patient who has had filtration surgery in the past, or likely to need filtration surgery in the future). * Only 1 functional eye even if that eye is otherwise eligible for the study. * Participated in an investigational study within 30 days prior to screening visit that involved treatment with any drug (excluding vitamins and minerals) or device. * Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
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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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Disha Eye Hospitals
Kolkata, West Bengal, 700120, India
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Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110029, India
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L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500034, India
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Lotus Eye Hospital and Institute
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641014, India
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M & J Western Regional Institute of Ophthalmology
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380016, India
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Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600006, India
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Narayana Nethralaya
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560010, India
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Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh, 160012, India
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Raghudeep Eye Hospital
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380052, India
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Sankara Eye Hospital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560037, India
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