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
Active Locations (1)
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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Lasersurgery
Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1030