Possibia

744666

Last Update Posted: 2009-08-06

Recruiting status is unknown

All Genders

accepted

18 Years +

70 Estimated Participants

No Expanded Access

Interventional Study

Does not accept healthy volunteers

IntraVitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide: Preventing Raised Eye-pressure by Tracking Elevations After Topical Steroids

Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) is a commonly employed treatment for various vitreoretinal disorders. However, approximately 23% to 50% of patients who receive IVTA develop ocular hypertension after the drug is injected into the eye. Similar to IVTA, topically administered corticosteroids eye drops result in ocular hypertension in approximately 33% of the population. It is unknown whether identifying patients who develop ocular hypertension from topical corticosteroids could be used to identify patients who are at risk for injectable IVTA. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of topical prednisolone 1% four times daily for one month as a screening test to reduce the incidence and severity of ocular hypertension after IVTA injection.

Eligibility

Relevant conditions:

Vitreoretinal Disease

Ocular Hypertension

If you aren't sure if you meet the criteria above speak to your healthcare professional. Criteria may be updated but not reflected here, do not hesitate to contact the study if you think are close to fitting criteria.

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Contact Information

Overall Contact

Kenneth Eng, MD, FRCSC

kt_eng@hotmail.com

416-480-4468

Jeffery Gale, MD, FRCSC

jeffgaleuwo@yahoo.com

613-544-3400

Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov