New laser approach aims to save sight in diabetic patients
NCT ID NCT07315802
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test a new pattern of retinal laser treatment combined with anti-VEGF injections for people with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), a serious eye condition that can lead to blindness. Researchers plan to enroll 300 adults aged 18–70 with stable diabetes and PDR. The goal is to see if this laser pattern better preserves vision and reduces the need for additional treatments compared to standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- argon laser photocoagulation combined with anti-VEGF injection
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more targeted laser treatment that reduces vision loss and the need for additional procedures in people with advanced diabetic eye disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study (not yet recruiting) with no phase specified. The new laser pattern may not prove better than standard treatment, and risks include retinal burns or worsening vision.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 70 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: 1. Having given free and informed consent to take part in the study. 2. Diabetes mellitus (DM) under stable treatment during the study, aged 18y to 70y, with no significant underlying systemic diseases (such as impaired renal function, severe cardiac disease, etc.); 3. Clinically diagnosed PDR, with the presence of neovascularization confirmed by ultra-widefield fundus photography and widefield OCT angiography. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous treatment with PRP; 2. Previous treatment with anti-VEGF agents or corticosteroids within 3 months; 2\. Severe cataract, massive vitreous hemorrhage, or extensive preretinal hemorrhage that makes pan retinal photocoagulation impossible; 3. Unable to tolerate argon-laser retinal treatment.; 4. Vitreous macular traction or traction retinal detachment need to be performed with vitrectomy; 5. Retinal vascular occlusion, age-related macular degeneration, retinal angioma, uveitis, glaucoma, optic neuropathy, or other ocular diseases that can lead to vitreous hemorrhage and/or neovascularization; 6. Other conditions that the researcher found improper to be included into this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200030, China
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