Photorefractive Keratectomy and Corneal Cross-linking in Keratoconus

The Eye Center and The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Keratoconus

Treatments: Procedure: Simultaneous Photorefractive Keratectomy and Collagen Cross-linking in patients with keratoconus

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02189447

TEC 126

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of surface ablation followed by Collagen Cross-linking in patients with keratoconus

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• contact lens intolerance
• corneal thickness > 450 micrometers
• Keratometry < 56 diopters
• Astigmatism < 6 diopters

Exclusion criteria

• corneal thickness < 450 micrometers
• Keratometry > 56 diopters
• Astigmatism > 6 diopters

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 1 patient group

Refractive surgery

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with keratoconus treated with simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy and Corneal collagen cross-linking.

Treatment:

Procedure: Simultaneous Photorefractive Keratectomy and Collagen Cross-linking in patients with keratoconus