NCT02748538

The Posturing After Retinal Detachment (Post RD) Trial

A Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Face-down Posturing on Retinal Displacement and Distortion Following Retinal Detachment Repair

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 262 (actual)
• Sponsor: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of face-down posturing on retinal displacement and distortion following retinal detachment repair.

Detailed description

During the surgical repair of a retina detachment, a gas bubble is inserted into the eye to keep the retina flat. Following this, it is common to ask patients to adopt a certain head position for a set period of time after their operation. This is known as posturing. It is thought that by adopting a certain head position/posturing, the bubble aids re-attachment of the retina. However, when the retinal detachment involves the macula (central portion of the retina) it has been shown that the retina can shift (or displace) post-operatively, leading to distortion in the patient's vision. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether adopting different head positions following surgery for macula involving retinal detachments, can reduce retinal displacement and visual distortion. The investigators plan to recruit 368 patients. Patients will be in follow up for a period of six months. The study will be operational at two different hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Conditions

• Retinal Detachment

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-17
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2016-04-22
• Last updated: 2018-05-16