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| Peschke Meditrade, GmbH | INDUSTRY |
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Background: Corneal cross linking is a procedure that induces collagen cross linking of the corneal stroma due to release of reactive oxygen radicals upon activation of topically applied riboflavine A by UVA exposure. This procedure might be capable of reducing keratocouns progression.
Purpose: Although there are no randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of corneal cross linking for the treatment of keratoconus it gains more and more importance in the general clinical setting. Therefore, the investigators started such randomised, placebo controlled, double blinded, multicenter trial to find out if this treatment is as effective as it promises to be.
Methods: Randomised, placebo controlled, double blinded, multicenter trial.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 1 | Experimental |
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| 2 | Sham Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Riboflavin/UVA crosslinking | Procedure | Removal of epithelium. Riboflavin eye drops. UVA exposure. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Keratoconus progression | 3 years | |
| Endothelial cell loss | 3 years |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Philip Maier, MD | University Eye Hospital, Freiburg | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University Eye Hospital Freiburg | Freiburg im Breisgau | Baden-Wurttemberg | 79106 | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26194634 | Derived | Lang SJ, Messmer EM, Geerling G, Mackert MJ, Brunner T, Dollak S, Kutchoukov B, Bohringer D, Reinhard T, Maier P. Prospective, randomized, double-blind trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of corneal cross-linking to halt the progression of keratoconus. BMC Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul 21;15:78. doi: 10.1186/s12886-015-0070-7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D007640 | Keratoconus |
| ID | Term |
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| D003316 | Corneal Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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| Sham treatment |
| Procedure |
Fluorescein eye drops. Exposure with blue light |
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