Status:
WITHDRAWN
Cataract Surgery on Advanced Age Related Macular Degeneration Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Cataract
Macular Degeneration Advanced
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The degree at which cataract surgery improves visual function in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (Advanced AMD) has been an on-going topic of discussion. Our objective in this ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients above the age of fifty with both Advanced AMD and Cataracts bilaterally from the Okanagan Valley will be selected for this study.
- Patients who chose to have bilateral cataract surgery, were able to understand the research parameters, and had no other severe eye disease that may distort the studies results.
- Patients will be selected for the study according to the National Eye Institute definition of Advanced AMD.
- "Advanced AMD (AREDS category 4) is characterized by one or more of the following (in the absence of other causes) in one eye:
- Geographic atrophy of the RPE involving the foveal center.
- Neovascular maculopathy that includes the following:
- Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) defined as pathologic angiogenesis originating from the choroidal vasculature that extends through a defect in Bruch's membrane
- Serous and/or hemorrhagic detachment of the neurosensory retina or RPE
- Retinal hard exudates (a secondary phenomenon resulting from chronic intravascular leakage)
- Subretinal and sub-RPE fibrovascular proliferation
- Disciform scar (subretinal fibrosis)"
Exclusion
- Severe intraoperative or postoperative complications such as retinal detachments, and capsule ruptures
- Inability to complete the required testing (auto-refractive and visual acuity)
- Inability to attend appointments
- Inability to complete the questionnaire with Co-I assistance
- Severe eye disease that may distort the studies results such as but not limited to Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD) and retinal detachments.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04045704
Start Date
October 1 2019
End Date
December 1 2019
Last Update
October 4 2021
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