Effect of Percutaneous Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Natural Course of Upper Lid Retraction in Thyroid Eye Disease

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2007-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In active phase of thyroid eye disease some patients have obvious upper lid retraction , and sometimes exposure keratopathy .To date there is not any standard treatment for this situation . We are going to compare the natural course of the upper lid retraction with injection of botulinum toxin A injection to upper lid percutaneously.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: abobotulinumtoxinA; Botulinum Toxins; Botulinum Toxins, Type A; incobotulinumtoxinA; onabotulinumtoxinA

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• all the patients wiht oper lid retraction in active phase of thyroid ophthalmopathy

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients in non active phase