Comparison of Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Sub-Bowman's Keratomileusis (SBK)

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myopia

Treatments: Procedure: SBK; Procedure: PRK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00714922

25516

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

Patients undergoing bilateral laser refractive surgery on the same day will be randomly assigned to have one eye treated with PRK and the fellow eye treated with SBK.

Enrollment: 60 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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60 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

PRK

Treatment:

Procedure: PRK

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

SBK

Treatment:

Procedure: SBK