Dexamethasone prodrug compositions and uses thereof

A compound described by the formula (A-IV):

• or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein
• L is —C(O)O—(RA)—OC(O)—;
• RA is selected from C1-20 alkylene, a linear or branched heteroalkylene of 1 to 20 atoms, a linear or branched C2-20 alkenylene, a linear or branched C2-20 alkynylene, a C5-10 arylene, a cyclic system of 3 to 10 atoms, or O—(RA)—O is a radical of a polyol and comprises at least one free hydroxyl group or O—(RA)—O is selected from:
• —O(CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2O—,
• —O(CH2CH2CH2CH2O)mCH2CH2CH2CH2O—, or
• —O(CH2CH(CH3)O)pCH2CH(CH3)O—;
• and
• n, m, and p are integers from 1 to 10.