NCT01477996

Pain After Intravitreal Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 51 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized clinical trial is comparing two different needles (27 gauge versus 30 gauge) for intravitreal therapy (IVT). Standardized questionnaires and pain scales should allow for standard recommendation regarding the optimal needle size for IVT.

Detailed description

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of the type of the needle on pain scores after intravitreal therapy (IVT). Design: Randomized clinical trial Methods: A total of 200 patients, treated with an IVT for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or a vascular retinal disease, will be included and randomly assigned to be treated with either a 27-gauge needle (group 1) or a 30-gauge needle (group 2). After IVt the patient has to fill out a standardized questionnaire including pain scores on the visual analog scale after the surgical procedure. Regression analysis of the scaled questionnaires should allow for a standard recommendation regarding the optimal needle size for minimal subjective pain during IVT.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	27-gauge	27-gauge needle for IVT
PROCEDURE	30-gauge	30-gauge needle for IVT

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-11-23
• Last updated: 2016-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria