Impact of Donor Diabetes on DMEK Success and Endothelial Cell Loss
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Official title
Diabetes Endothelial Keratoplasty Study (DEKS): Impact of Diabetes on Corneal Transplant Success and Endothelial Cell Loss
Brief summary
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This double-masked multi-center trial will evaluate the association of diabetes in the cornea donor with transplant success and loss of endothelial cells through 1 year following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Study eyes are assigned to receive either a cornea from a donor without diabetes or a cornea from a donor with diabetes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05134480
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 1,097 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 30 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 21, 2022 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Jul 15, 2025 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 15, 2025 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Apr 16, 2026
2022 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price Vision Group | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46260 | — |
| Verdier Eye Center | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49546 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 16, 2026 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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