Comparison of LASIK and SBK

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myopia

Treatments: Procedure: LASIK; Procedure: SBK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00714363

25514

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to compare clinical outcomes from LASIK and SBK using FDA-approved laser technology on the same patient

Full description

Patients undergoing bilateral refractive surgery on the same day will have one eye randomized to LASIK and the fellow eye assigned to SBK treatment.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients deemed to be suitable candidates for bilateral LASIK surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who desire monovision correction rather than bilateral distance correction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

LASIK

Treatment:

Procedure: LASIK

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

SBK

Treatment:

Procedure: SBK