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. 2015 Aug 7;2015(8):CD008214. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008214.pub3

NCT01854593.

Trial name or title Prospective randomized controlled study on the efficacy of 0.16 mg intravitreal bevacizumab injection for proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Methods Randomised, double‐masked, controlled trial
Participants 66 (recruitment completed August 2013)
Interventions Control group: sham injection and 25 gauge vitrectomy
Intervention group: 0.16 mg/0.05 ml bevacizumab (single injection 1 day before operation) and 25 gauge vitrectomy
Outcomes
  1. VEGF concentration in vitreous after intravitreal bevacizumab injection [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

  2. Early (within 4 weeks) postoperative vitreous haemorrhage

  3. Re‐operation due to vitreous haemorrhage

Starting date May 2012
Contact information Ayumu Manabe, Nihon University
Notes Study results on ClinicalTrials.gov

BCVA: Best‐corrected visual acuity
 ETDRS: Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study
 PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy
 TRD: tractional retinal detachment
 VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor