PapersPMID:35875346
Evaluation of the Effect of Garlic Tablet as a Complementary Treatment for Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases intraocular pressure
moderate
“Independent t-test showed that the IOP lowering effect of garlic compared to placebo was statistically significant in the four-week follow-up (P value =0.036) (Table 5).”
- Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose studied
- two 500 mg tablets a day with lunch for four weeks
- Population
- Diabetic patients with central-involved macular edema (117 eyes), all also treated with intravitreal bevacizumab and laser photocoagulation in both arms; glaucoma excluded; secondary endpoint
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Diabetic patients with central involved diabetic macular edema (central macular thickness above 350 μm), all receiving intravitreal bevacizumab and laser photocoagulation; 91 cases, 117 eyes
- Participants
- 91
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 28 days
- Endpoints measured
- 10