Diclofenac vs Dexamethasone in Combined Surgery

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cataract; Glaucoma

Treatments: Drug: diclofenac drops; Drug: dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% eye drops

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00825864

SHEBA-03-3123-HLV-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study the effect of Diclofenac drops or Dexamethasone drops on combined surgery of trabeculectomy and cataract surgery.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients scheduled for combines surgery of trabeculectomy and cataract surgery

Exclusion criteria

• severe complicated surgery like vitreal loss, expulsive hemorrhage, endophthalmitis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

1diclofenac drops treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

four times a day for 3 months

Treatment:

Drug: diclofenac drops

2dexamethasone drops

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% eye drops