Status:
UNKNOWN
Bandage Contact Lens and Oral Analgesics Versus Patching and Oral Analgesics for Pain Following Pterygium Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
University Health Network, Toronto
Conditions:
Pterygium
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if patching the eye or a bandage contact lens along with Tylenol #3 is more effective for pain control following pterygium surgery.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary pterygium (no previous surgeries or radiotherapy) requiring excision due to ocular discomfort or disruption in vision
- Size of pterygium greater than 2.5 mm over the cornea (pterygia smaller than this do not result in much postoperative eye pain)
- Ability to understand the nature of the procedure and to complete all measurement requirements
- Adults (age greater than 18)
Exclusion
- Ocular surface disease apart from pterygium (such as severe dry eye, corneal disease, scarring from previous infection, radiotherapy, inflammatory diseases or trauma)
- Patients who have had previous ocular surface surgery
- Contraindications to local anesthetics (such as known allergy)
- Pregnancy (as the risk to the fetus with the use of topical antibiotic drops and local anesthetics are not known)
- Patients already on systemic analgesics for any other reason (such as rheumatoid arthritis)
- Allergy to codeine (in order to standardize the systemic analgesic used so that we can compare the effect of bandage contact lens versus 24 hour patching)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01249235
Start Date
October 1 2010
End Date
October 1 2011
Last Update
November 29 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 2S8