Study of OZURDEX® in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Oedema (DME) in Australia - The AUSSIEDEX Study
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02731911 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 8, 2016
Last Update Posted : January 23, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Diabetic Macular Oedema | Drug: dexamethasone intravitreal implant |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 202 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Phase 4, Open-label, Non-randomized, Prospective Study of OZURDEX® in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Oedema - The AUSSIEDEX Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 29, 2016 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 22, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 22, 2018 |
Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Ozurdex® (dexamethasone intravitreal implant)
Patients who received Ozurdex® in the treatment of Diabetic Macular Oedema per local standard of care in clinical practice.
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Drug: dexamethasone intravitreal implant
Ozurdex® treatment for diabetic macular oedema as per standard of care in clinical practice. |
- Mean change in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Mean change in Central Retinal Thickness (CRT) from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Percentage of patients with a BCVA improvement of 15 letters or more [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Percentage of patients with a BCVA improvement of 10 letters or more [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- BCVA average mean from baseline in area under the curve (AUC) analysis [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Number of Intraocular Pressure (IOP)-lowering treatments used to control IOP increase [ Time Frame: 12 Months ]
- Mean BCVA at each injection number [ Time Frame: 12 Months ]
- Mean change from baseline in BCVA at each injection number [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Mean change in BCVA across all the study injection numbers [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 Months ]
- Percentage of patients with BCVA improvement [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Percentage of BCVA losers [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]
- Percentage of patients improving to 20/40 or better [ Time Frame: Month 12 ]
- Mean number of Ozurdex injections [ Time Frame: 12 Months ]
- Mean interval between Ozurdex® injections [ Time Frame: 12 Months ]
- Change from baseline in central subfield retinal thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) before each follow-up injection number [ Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pseudophakic or phakic and scheduled for a cataract operation
- Macular oedema due to DME
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous Ozurdex® treatment

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02731911

Study Director: | Dr. George Labib | Allergan |
Responsible Party: | Allergan |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02731911 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CMO-AP-EYE-0438 |
First Posted: | April 8, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 23, 2019 |
Last Verified: | January 2019 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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