Use of Prophylactic Lubricating Drops After Cataract Surgery

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomised controlled trial to assess the use of prophylactic lubricant eye-drops for 6 weeks following uncomplicated, routine cataract surgery to improve patient satisfaction and symptoms of dry eye, compared to controls.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Collaborators: City, University of London; King's College London
• Treatments: Chloramphenicol; Dexamethasone; Lubricant Eye Drops; Ophthalmic Solutions

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Bilateral or unilateral cataracts requiring surgical intervention

• Age over 18 years

• Able to understand informed consent and the objectives of the trial

• Not pregnant, not breast feeding

• No previous eye surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• age-related macula degeneration

• glaucoma

• previous retinal vascular disorders

• previous retinal detachment or tear

• any neuro-ophthalmological condition

• any inherited retinal disorder or pathology

• previous strabismus surgery or record of amblyopia

• previous TIA, CVA or other vaso-occlusive disease

• already enrolled in another study