Study of Eye Bank Pre-cut Donor Grafts for Endothelial Keratoplasty

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy, Corneal Edema

In brief

Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) is a cornea-sparing transplant technique that replaces only the diseased endothelial cell layer of the patient's cornea. The DSEK technique requires lamellar dissection of the donor tissue prior to implantation in the patient's eye. The surgeon usually dissects the donor cornea with a microkeratome at the time of surgery. Recently some eye banks have begun to pre-cut the donor graft as an added service. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes with eye bank pre-cut and surgeon-dissected donor grafts for DSEK.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00624221

Run by

Cornea Research Foundation of America

People needed

40

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2007-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-27

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• candidate for Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty
• at least 21 years old
• willing and able to return for scheduled follow-up visits
• reads and signs Informed Consent document

You may not qualify if…

• visual acuity of less than 20/400 in fellow eye
• known sensitivity to planned study concomitant medications

Where it is running

• Cornea Research Foundation of America — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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