After screening to confirm diabetic macular edema (and no other factors that would exclude someone from the study), the participants will receive either 1 or 2 doses of ranibizumab for six months, followed by a six-month follow up-period with the option for additional treatments. Participants must be at least 18 years of age and have macular edema as the result of diabetes. For additional study information and participation, please visit www.READ3 or JDRF's Clinical Trials Connection at www.trials.jdrf.

Without treatment, diabetic macular edema can cause vision impairment, blurriness, or blindness. Therapies to free people from the devastating health burden of complications that can accompany diabetes, including diseases of the eye, nerves, and kidneys, are an important focus of JDRF research; in the last fiscal year, the foundation invested more than $22 million in research involving Complications Therapies.

Source: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International