Intraocular Steroid After Cataract Surgery Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cataract

In brief

The use of one dose of an antibiotic and steroid injected into the eye at the end of cataract surgery is as safe and effective as the post operative use of eyedrops after cataract surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00478764

Run by

Dean Health System

People needed

41

Starts

2006-03-01

Expected to finish

2007-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-05-25

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for patients to enter the study included age 40 to 80 years, clinically significant cataract in both eyes, the patient's willingness to enter the study and have cataract surgery preformed on each eye in a sequentially within a two or three week time frame.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria included a history of glaucoma, retinopathy of any type, pseudoexfoliation, other significant ocular co morbidity and systemic diabetes.

Where it is running

• Davis Duehr Dean Baraboo — Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States

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