Comparing the effectiveness and costs of Bevacizumab to Ranibizumab in patients with Diabetic Macular Edema: a randomized clinical trial (the BRDME study)

Table 1 Inclusion criteria

1. patients > 18 years of age who have signed an informed consent.
2. Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) less than 12.0 % at screening. Treatment for diabetes must have been stable for at least 2 months.
3. Patients with visual impairment due to DME with a central area thickness >325 μm, who are eligible for anti-VEGF treatment according to the investigator. If both eyes are eligible, the one with the worse visual acuity, as assessed at visit 1, is selected by the investigator as the study eyes
4. BCVA equal or more than 24 and less or equal to 78 letters in the study eye at screening using ETDRS-like visually acuity testing charts at a testing distance of 4 m.

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