Status:
UNKNOWN
Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of a Modified Technique of Scleral Fixation Intraocular Lens Implantation
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Aphakia
Cataract
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-99 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness globally and cataract surgery with the implantation of intraocular lens (IOL) is the most commonly performed operation worldwide. After removal of the catara...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients with phacodonesis, lens subluxation, insufficient capsular or zonular support, or surgical aphakia without adequate ciliary sulcus who are listed for scleral fixation intraocular lens implantation.
Exclusion
- Patients with previous corneal transplantation surgery or undergoing concomitant corneal transplantation at the time of scleral fixation intraocular lens implantation.
- Patients undergoing concomitant vitreoretinal surgery at the time of intraocular lens implantation.
- Monocular patients, or patients whose fellow eye had vision of equal or less than 20/200.
- Patients who could not comprehend the risks and benefits of the surgery and/or the research study, including mentally incapacitated persons.
- Patients with pre-existing macular pathologies including macular oedema, haemorrhage, degeneration or scar.
- Patients with pre-existing iris abnormalities including aniridia, corectopia, extensive anterior synechiae formation resulting in inability to measure the IOL tilting postoperatively.
- Patients with significantly reduced corneal endothelial cell density (of \< 1000 cells/mm2) preoperatively which may necessitate a corneal transplantation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
39 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04516889
Start Date
October 1 2020
End Date
December 31 2022
Last Update
August 18 2020
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