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Eye injection vs. implant: which calms swelling better?

NCT ID NCT02556424

Disease control Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers compare two corticosteroid treatments for inflammatory macular edema, a condition where swelling in the center of the retina blurs vision. Adults with the condition receive either a subconjunctival injection of triamcinolone or an intravitreal implant of dexamethasone. The trial measures how much each treatment reduces central macular thickness after two months and asks patients how tolerable the injection experience feels.

What this could mean

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Active substance
triamcinolone acetonide injection and dexamethasone intravitreal implant
What this could lead to
If one approach proves better, doctors could choose the more effective and comfortable corticosteroid treatment for inflammatory macular edema.
What could go wrong
Both treatments are already used, so the trial may show similar results. Injections and implants carry risks of eye infection, bleeding, or raised eye pressure, and the trial may not settle which option is best for every patient.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

114 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2016

Finished

Feb 2021

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient, male or female (under effective contraception if premenopausal) over 18 years old * Patient affiliated with a social security plan * Patient able to understand and follow the instructions of the study * Patient having signed an informed consent * Patient having a central macular thickness greater than 320μm (Spectral Domain, 270µm Time Domain) * Patient with an inflammatory macular edema, unilateral or bilateral (in the case of a bilateral inflammatory macular edema, the eye most affected will be treated) Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with an infectious uveitis * Patient with uncontrolled active infection * Patient receiving an unbalanced general anti-inflammatory and/or immunosuppressive and/or immunomodulatory therapy (recent modification \<1 month) * Patient having a history of glaucoma and/or ocular hypertension in the eye studied (intraocular pressure (IOP) \> 25 mmHg without antiglaucoma medication or \> 21 mmHg with antiglaucoma combination therapy) and/or cortisone-causing-hypertension not controlled by an antiglaucoma dual therapy * Patient with uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c\> 8%) or unbalanced hypertension (Systolic Blood Pressure \> 160 mmHg and/or Diastolic Blood Pressure \> 100mmHg) * Edematous diabetic maculopathy * Patient who had received triamcinolone (subconjunctivally or sub-tenon) 3 months before randomization, or 700μg dexamethasone intravitreally 6 months before randomization * Suspected or active ocular or periocular infection, including most viral diseases of the cornea and conjunctiva, such as active epithelial keratitis with herpes simplex (dendritic keratitis), vaccinia, varicella, mycobacterial infections and mycoses * History of ocular herpes infection or central serous chorioretinopathy * Aphakic eye with rupture of the posterior lens capsule * Eye with implant in the anterior chamber, iris- or transscleral-fixated intraocular implant and rupture of the posterior lens capsule * Uncontrolled systemic inflammatory disease. * Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of the excipients of Ozurdex®, Kenacort® or injectable fluorescein * Pregnant woman or likely to become pregnant or nursing * Patient participating in another clinical trial * Adult under a legal protection regime (guardianship, trusteeship, "sauvegarde de justice")

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

macular retinal edema

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Inflammatory macular edema

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHRU de Lille

    Lille, 59037, France

  • CHU Angers

    Angers, France

  • CHU de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, 33076, France

  • CHU de Brest

    Brest, 29609, France

  • CHU de Dijon

    Dijon, 21079, France

  • CHU de Grenoble

    La Tronche, 38700, France

  • CHU de Montpellier

    Montpellier, 34295, France

  • CHU de Nancy

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France

  • CHU de Nantes

    Nantes, 44093, France

  • CHU de Nice

    Nice, 06000, France

  • CHU de Tours

    Tours, 37044, France

  • Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts

    Paris, 75571, France

  • Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

    Paris, 75019, France

  • Hopices Civils de Lyon

    Lyon, 69004, France

  • Hôpital Bicêtre (AP-HP)

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94270, France

  • Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière (AP-HP)

    Paris, 75013, France