Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)

Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery

Status: Completed

Conditions: Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary

Treatments: Procedure: Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00521898

NIIOS.2005.14

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate isolated Descemet membrane transplantation as a refinement of previous advanced techniques for corneal transplantation, like Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)

Full description

See above.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Corneal endothelial disorders

Exclusion criteria

• N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,000 participants in 1 patient group

DMEK

Experimental group

Description:

DMEK as intervention

Treatment:

Procedure: Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)