Status:

UNKNOWN

Posterior Macular Adhesion: A Potential Risk Factor for Non-exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) to Develop Exudative AMD

Lead Sponsor:

The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery

Conditions:

Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration

Detachment of the Posterior Hyaloid

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Brief Summary

Choroidal neovascularisation in age related macular degeneration is one of the major causes of legal blindness in the western world existing in two major occurences, the dry and the wet form.The etiol...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Dry MD
  • Age over 50 years

Exclusion

  • Macular pathologies other than age related macular degeneration (like diabetic maculopathy, macular pucker, macular hole)
  • Prior vitrectomy or buckle surgery
  • Uveitis posterior, multifocal chorioiditis
  • Pathologic myopia
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Visualization of the macula not possible (dens cataract, vitreous haemorrhage)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

320 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00926861

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

June 9 2010

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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Lasersurgery

Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1030