Status:

COMPLETED

Accuracy of Curvature and Wavefront Aberrations of Posterior Corneal Surface, in Keratoconic and Post-CXL Corneas

Lead Sponsor:

Democritus University of Thrace

Conditions:

Keratoconus

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Primary objective of this study was to assess the intrasession, intersession and interobserver variability of the Pentacam-derived curvature and zernike coefficients in back surface of normal, keratoc...

Detailed Description

The Pentacam Classic (Oculus Optikgerate GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, software version 1.14r04) was used for the sake of the study.Three study groups were formed: 1) Normal 2) Keratoconus group (KC) inc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ideal refractive surgery candidate (Normal Group)
  • Progressive keratoconus (Keratoconus group)
  • Corneal collagen cross linking (CxL) treatment at least one year prior to enrollment (CxL group)

Exclusion

  • (Normal Group)
  • No indications of corneal pathology in slit-lamp biomicroscopy and Placido disk-based videokeratography
  • Uneventful ophthalmologic history
  • All groups:
  • Glaucoma
  • Suspicion of glaucoma
  • history of herpetic keratitis
  • corneal scarring
  • severe eye dryness
  • pregnancy or nursing
  • current corneal infection
  • underlying autoimmune disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2011

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

129 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01527708

Start Date

September 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

February 7 2012

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Eye Institute of Thrace (EIT)

Alexandroupoli, Thrace, Greece, 68100