- Have diabetes mellitus type I or II (insulin or non-insulin dependent) with HbA1c ≥5.5% and HbA1c ≤13%; have non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or inactive proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or proliferative diabetic retinopathy with a reasonable expectation that panretinal photocoagulation will not be required during the study follow-up period