Comparison of Air and Expansile Gas in Pneumatic Retinopexy

NCT00120445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 126

Last updated 2012-03-09

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Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the results of using air versus expansile gas (perfluoropropane) in the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment by pneumatic retinopexy, comparing the retinal reattachment rate and post-operative visual recovery.

Conditions

  • Retinal Detachment

Interventions

PROCEDURE

air

0.3 ml of filtered air

PROCEDURE

expansile gas

0.3 ml of perfluoropropane gas

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Thailand Research Fund

    collaborator OTHER
  • Khon Kaen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yosanan Yospaiboon, M.D. · Khon Kaen University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • Thailand

Study Locations

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