Status:

COMPLETED

Outcome Following Phacoemulsification Versus Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS)

Lead Sponsor:

Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Center

Conditions:

Visual Outcomes

Quality of Life

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypothesis : Phacoemulsification is superior to SICS with regards to: * Immediate unaided high and low contrast visual performance * Its impact on quality of life.

Detailed Description

Phacoemulsification procedure * Infiniti Vision System with Software 2.03 or higher, OZil handpiece (HP) * Anaesthesia: topical * Incision: temporal clear corneal 2.2 mm single plane * CCC and hydrod...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Prospective subjects should be diagnosed with senile cataract. Subject must require extraction of cataract in one eye followed by implantation of an AcrySof (SN60WF) or PMMA (MZ60BD) posterior chamber intraocular lens.
  • Pupil dilation equal or greater to 7 mm after mydriasis.
  • Patients undergoing cataract surgery for the first eye.
  • Visual prognosis equal or greater to 6/12.

Exclusion

  • Patients with history of ocular pathology, glaucoma, uveitis, high myopia, PEX, or corneal pathology.
  • Patients with traumatic, subluxated and posterior polar cataract.
  • Patients who had previously ocular surgery in the past 6 months prior to the screening visit.
  • Patients with diabetic retinopathy.
  • Patients who are not suitable for follow-up visits.
  • Patients with Fuchs' Dystrophy, Macular Degeneration, Ocular Surface Disease that will interfere with normal recovery.
  • Any patients with significant intra-operative complications will be removed from the overall analysis of the results. All patient data should still be recorded, even if from the "excluded" patient group.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

420 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00821223

Start Date

February 1 2009

End Date

May 1 2010

Last Update

May 19 2010

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S. K. Red Cross Eye Hospital,

Dholka, Gujarat, India