This trial seeks to prove the safety and efficacy of photothermal stimulation treatment to diabetic macular edema, chronic central serous retinopathy, macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion and macular telangiectasia.
Sub-visible, non-damaging photothermal stimulation (532nm) exposures of 100 ms in duration resulted in enhanced expression of heat shock proteins in the retina. To test clinical efficacy of sub-visible retinal therapy using ms-range exposures of visible lasers one needs first to establish proper titration methods necessary to assure on one hand the lack of tissue damage, and on the other hand sufficient hyperthermia to elicit cellular response. We used an algorithm based on computational and experimental data to provide parameters that can cause photothermal stimulation to the retinal pigment epithelium without causing collateral damage to photoreceptors or choroid. This method will be used to treat macular diseases such as diabetic macular edema, branch retinal vein occlusion macular edema, chronic central serous retinopathy and macular telangiectasia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
20
Instituto de Oftalmologia Lavinsky
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
RECRUITINGBest corrected visual acuity
Time frame: 6 months
Central macular thickness on OCT
Time frame: 6 months
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