Can one laser session beat multiple for diabetic eye disease?
NCT ID NCT06549023
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares having one laser treatment versus several sessions for a serious diabetic eye condition that can cause blindness. Researchers want to see which approach is safer and works better. The study will involve 40 adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who have this eye problem.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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: * Age \> 18 years. * Patients with type 1 or type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with newly diagnosed Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, PDR. * Visual acuity ≥ 0.1 Snellen. * CRT of less than 300 micrometer measured by OCT without cysts in the neuroretina. * Clear media and adequately dilated pupil for PRP. Exclusion Criteria: * Intraocular surgery within the last 4 months or planned within the next 3 months. * Previous or current center-involved diabetic macular edema (Ci-DME). * Previous PRP, intravitreal treatment (IVT), or macular laser treatment in study eye. * Treatment with medications known to risk macular edema. * Media opacity preventing adequate PRP. * General medical condition making office laser treatment very difficult or impossible.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ögonmottagning Mölndal/SU
RECRUITINGMölndal, 43130, Sweden
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