NCT02558218

Postoperative Discomfort and Ocular Redness Following Phacoemulsification Surgery

Postoperative Discomfort and Ocular Redness Following Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Democritus University of Thrace · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Primary objective of the study is the assessment of the patients' discomfort and ocular redness following cataract extraction surgery by means of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation.

Detailed description

Participants will be recruited from the Cataract Service of the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis (UHA) in a consecutive-if-eligible basis. By means of a custom computer randomization program all participants will randomly populate either study group (who will receive Systane Ultra as additional postoperative treatment) and control group (who will receive standard postoperative treatment).

Conditions

• Cataract

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Systane Ultra	Further to standard medication (tobradex quid for 20 days), participants were administered Systane Ultra quid for 2 months
DRUG	tobradex quid (Standard)	Standard medication (tobradex quid for 20 days)

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-05-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2015-09-23
• Last updated: 2015-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece