Prophylactic Laser Treatment of Drusen Maculopathy

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Status: Completed

Conditions: Age-related Macular Degeneration

Treatments: Procedure: laser treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00348543

Dnr 97346

Details and patient eligibility

About

To study the effect of mild laser treatment on the incidence of exudative complications in soft drusen maculopathy. We hypothesise that mild laser treatment causing a proliferation of the retinal pigment epithelium and enhancing the capacity of clearing drusen material from Bruch's membrane.

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 55 years of age,
• Soft drusen maculopathy,
• VA 0.8-1.0

Exclusion criteria

• VA <0.8,
• Pigment clumps,
• PED,
• CNV,
• Atrophy,
• Haemorrhage,
• Diabetes retinopathy,
• Sign cataract,
• Glaucoma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)