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Intravitreal Injections by Nurses and Physicians Compared

NCT02359149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 328

Last updated 2019-07-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Anti-VEGF agents are given for a variety of previously untreatable eye diseases. The last years indications for their use and consequently the number of patients needing treatment, have been increasing. Most patients require multiple injections. This has resulted in many eye departments administering thousands of injections per year, also at St Olavs University Hospital Trondheim. To cope with this increase in workload, it would be helpful if injections would be given not only by the physicians but also by the nurses. This study's objective is to compare efficiency, patient satisfaction and cost per patient of injections given by nurses and physicians.

Conditions

  • Eye Diseases

Interventions

PROCEDURE

intravitreal injections given by a nurse

PROCEDURE

intravitreal injections given by a physician

PROCEDURE

Intravitreal injections

DRUG

Anti-VEGF agents

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marit Fagerli, md · St. Olavs University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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