Triamcinolone Acetonide in Silicone-Filled Eyes as Adjunctive Treatment for Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy

Treatments: Drug: Triamcinolone acetonide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00373282

8116

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of triamcinolone acetonide in silicone-filled eyes on the outcome of surgery for PVR.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment complicated by PVR grade C undergoing vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade.

Exclusion criteria

• History of trauma
• Presence of diabetic retinopathy
• History of vein occlusion
• Giant retinal tear

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind