New drug combo aims to slow diabetic retinopathy

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects aged 19 years or older as of the date of written consent. 2. Patients diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 3. Subjects with mild to severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (diabetic retinopathy), grade 2-5 hard exudates 4. Subjects with a best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 0.33 or higher as determined by visual acuity testing. 5. Subjects with a central retinal thickness of 350 µm or less as determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT). 6. Subjects who have received an explanation of the purpose and methods of this clinical trial and voluntarily consented to participate. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (diabetic retinopathy) or other causes of retinopathy. 2. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes or uncontrolled hypertension. 3. Patients with the following ocular diseases or surgical procedures: \- Visual field defects, media opacity and ocular diseases other than diabetic retinopathywhich the investigator determines may affect the evaluation. 4. Patients who have received intravitreal and periocular steroid injections, intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF antibodies (anti-VEGF treatment), or laser photocoagulation within 12 weeks of the date of administration of the investigational drug 5. Patients taking Kallidinogenase, Vaccinium myrtillus extract, or Sulodexide 6. Patients who have experienced a cardiovascular event (unstable angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, stroke, etc.) within 24 weeks prior to Visit 1 (participation is possible if the event occurred 24 weeks prior to Visit 1 and the patient is currently receiving medication in a stable condition) 7. Patients with severe renal impairment (renal failure requiring dialysis or (e.g., renal transplant) 8. Patients with a history of malignancy within the past 5 years from the time of screening. However, the following are eligible for clinical trial participation: * More than 5 years have passed since the cancer was diagnosed as cured from the screening. * Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, thyroid cancer, or other intraepithelial neoplasms 9. Pregnant or lactating women, or those who do not agree to use adequate contraception during the clinical trial. 10. Those who have received another investigational drug within 12 weeks prior to Visit 1 11. Those who are judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for clinical trial participation due to other clinically significant medical or psychiatric findings