To Study the Effects of Refractive Surgery on OCT Measurements in the Eye

Recruiting at 1 trial location

Overseen By Tolulope A Fashina, MD

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: University of Nebraska

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

33 Participants Needed

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

Corrective eye surgeries, such as Lasik, are widely used to correct focusing problems such as myopia, or nearsightedness. Often these patients develop other conditions like myopic maculopathy or glaucoma which require monitoring with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Since OCT is a light-based test and changes the refractive status of the eye (in the cornea or the lens), it can potentially affect the results of the OCT measurements but has not been sufficiently studied. This pilot study aims at studying the potential change in OCT parameters in the eye after undergoing such surgery.

Research Team

Pukhraj P Rishi, MBBS

Principal Investigator

University of Nebraska

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing refractive surgery

For patients undergoing bilateral eye surgery, the one with higher degree of ametropia will be included.

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Optical coherence tomography
• Refractive Surgery

Participant Groups

Group I: Ocular parameters Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

Patients aged 19 years or more who are scheduled to undergo refractive surgery will be included in the study. OCT will be performed at baseline (before surgery), 1 day after surgery and 1 week after surgery. Each patient will be tested 3 times.

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Nebraska

Lead Sponsor

Trials

563

Recruited

1,147,000+