Immediate Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS)

Sloan W. Rush, MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bilateral Cataract

Treatments: Procedure: ISBCS; Procedure: DSBCS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01841957

2

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of treating visually significant bilateral cataract with the newer technique of Immediate Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) versus the conventional technique of Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (DSBCS) in a select patient population.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 30-100
• Candidate for topical anesthesia
• Signed the informed consents

Exclusion criteria

• Allergies to medications used in study
• Cannot have topical anesthesia
• Unwilling to participate in research trial
• Have any other significant ocular comorbidities
• Have known systemic immuno-compromised state

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

ISBCS

Experimental group

Description:

Immediate Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: ISBCS

DSBCS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: DSBCS