Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT06264024
Simultaneous pHototherapeutic Keratectomy and corneAl Collagen cRosslinking in Eyes With Keratoconus: a Randomized Trial (SHARK)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 81 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare CXL with combined treatment with CXL and t-PTK. The main questions it aims to answer are whether combined treatment can give better visual acuity and if the treatments are equally safe.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Corneal collagen cross linking (CXL) | Use of Avedro Inc. KXL 1 system to stop progression of keratoconus |
| PROCEDURE | Transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (t-PTK) | Use Alcon Wavelight 500, excimer laser to remove the epithelium and some of the stroma over apex |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-02-12
- Primary completion
- 2025-05-01
- Completion
- 2034-02-01
- First posted
- 2024-02-16
- Last updated
- 2024-02-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06264024. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.