Sub-threshold Micro-Pulse Laser Therapy for Drusen of Dry AMD

Wenzhou Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Drusen

Treatments: Device: laser treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03968575

2019-075-K-74

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the efficacy and safety of sub-threshold micro-pulse laser therapy for drusen of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) .

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Older than 50 years of age.
2. Male or female patients with nonexudative AMD with a drusen diameter of at least 125um in the central 3mm circle
3. clear media to perform colour, red-free imaging and fundus fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence imaging and OCT.
4. Able to give an informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Presence of other macular disease such as epiretinal membrane, macular telangiectasia.
2. unclear media that no clear colour, red-free imaging and fundus fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence imaging and OCT can performed.
3. Ocular or periocular infections.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

20 participants in 1 patient group

Laser

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: laser treatment