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Comparison of Two Techniques in Achieving Corneal Graft

NCT01610973 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-10-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The cornea is a transparent membrane, half a millimeter thick, embedded as a window in front of the eye.

When the eye becomes opaque, the eye is not seeing and the only way to restore the visual acuity is to replace the cornea by performing a graft (4000 surgeries per year in France). In half the cases the opacification of the cornea is secondary to dysfunction of the endothelium, cell layer of 15 μm thickness, covering its posterior surface, in charge of regulating the moisture of the corneal thickness and therefore its transparency.

While the total corneal transplantation has long been the only intervention for these diseases, it is now possible, from 4-5 years, to replace only the very thin: it is called endothelial transplant or graft lamellar later. This intervention is now experiencing significant success as it reduces very significantly the incidence of complications found after transplantation of total cornea and the visual recovery period. This type of transplant is still difficult to achieve and the best technique is not yet established.

Indeed, posterior lamellar transplantation of the cornea may be done manually or using an automated device. Manual techniques allow the preparation of grafts extremely thin but are difficult to achieve while the automatic techniques, easier, prepare thicker grafts that may be less efficient in visual recovery.

The aim of this project is to conduct a prospective study in order to compare these two techniques in terms of postoperative visual recovery and the vitality of the graft during the first year. To date, there is no such study.

The department of Ophthalmology in the University Hospital of Rouen is one of the most famous French teams in the field of cornea transplants and receives many patients from different French regions. The recruitment of 40 patients needed to study should be done without great difficulty over a period of 18 months.

Conditions

  • Fuch's Endothelial Dystrophy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Endothelial descemet membrane graft

Standard Endothelial descemet membrane graft

PROCEDURE

Endothelial descemet membrane graft

Standard Endothelial descemet membrane graft

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Rouen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marc MURAINE, Pr · UH Rouen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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