NCT03229239

Corneal Stroma Implantation for the Treatment of Keratoconus

Implant the Corneal Stroma to the Diseased Cornea in Order to Cure Keratoconus

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shandong Eye Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether corneal stroma implantation is effective in the treatment of keratoconus.

Detailed description

Keratoconus is a corneal disease with the progressive thinning of the central corneal stroma. The main treatment methods are corneal transplantation, corneal collagen cross-linking, etc. The effect of corneal collagen cross-linking is limited, and the lack of donor cornea is really a very big problem. In this pilot project, investigators would like to study whether corneal stroma implantation can increase the biomechanics of the cornea, which can, to some extent, delay the progress of keratoconus. This will allowed us to determine if useful data can be obtained, and if so, the donor cornea can be greatly saved.

Conditions

• Keratoconus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	corneal stroma implantation	During the operation,implant the corneal stroma to the diseased cornea of keratoconus.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-11
• Primary completion: 2018-08-11
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2017-07-25
• Last updated: 2017-08-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China