NCT03923101

The Homburg Keratoconus Center (HKC)

The Homburg Keratoconus Center (HKC) - a Keratoconus Observation Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universität des Saarlandes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim of this study is to conduct longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses about the corneal ectatic disease Keratoconus based on data obtained from Keratoconus patients in the Homburg Keratoconus Center (HKC). The Homburg Keratoconus Center (HKC) was founded in 2010 and, up to now, comprises more than 3,000 Keratoconus patients. Topographic, tomographic and biomechanic characteristics of the disease are being analyzed with the intention to elucidate how the disease begins and develops during lifetime.

Conditions

• Keratoconus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Topographic, tomographic and biomechanical analysis.	The study is based upon data obtained during routine medical follow-ups using 1. the Pentacam high resolution (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) 2. the Corvis ST (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) 3. the Anterior-Segment Optical Coherence Tomograph (AS-OCT) Casia 2 (Tomey, Nagoya, Japan) 4. the Ocular Response Analyzer (Reichert Technologies, New York, USA).

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2032-01-01
• Completion: 2032-01-01
• First posted: 2019-04-22
• Last updated: 2024-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany