NCT01384266

A Comparison of 0.5% Loteprednol Etabonate Versus 1% Prednisolone Acetate Following Cataract Surgery

A Randomized, Multicenter, Masked Evaluation of 0.5% Loteprednol Etabonate Versus 1% Prednisolone Acetate for the Treatment of Inflammation Following Cataract Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Associated Eye Care, Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients are routinely given steroid eye drops following cataract surgery. This study will compare 2 approved drops:Loteprednol Etabonate versus Prednisolone Acetate Eye drops used following cataract surgery. Patients will be randomly assigned to one drop or the other, and evaluated for inflammation and intraocular pressure as part of the comparison. The study Doctor will be masked as to which drop the patient receives to avoid bias.

Conditions

• Intraocular Inflammation

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2011-06-29
• Last updated: 2017-06-29

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States