DENVER — Experts agreed that there is a significant unmet need for early intervention in diabetic macular edema, according to a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
“We know that DME is a leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults, but many patients are left untreated,” Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD, told Healio. “This is somewhat surprising, but at 1 year after diagnosis of DME, 60% of patients are left untreated.”
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Kuppermann and colleagues designed the DME AWARE Delphi study to better understand and build consensus around the