Riboflavin Mediated Corneal Crosslinking for Stabilizing Progression of Keratoconus

NCT ID: NCT00626717

Last Updated: 2013-01-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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Background: Corneal cross linking is a procedure that induces collagen cross linking of the corneal stroma due to release of reactive oxygen radicals upon activation of topically applied riboflavine A by UVA exposure. This procedure might be capable of reducing keratocouns progression.

Purpose: Although there are no randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of corneal cross linking for the treatment of keratoconus it gains more and more importance in the general clinical setting. Therefore, the investigators started such randomised, placebo controlled, double blinded, multicenter trial to find out if this treatment is as effective as it promises to be.

Methods: Randomised, placebo controlled, double blinded, multicenter trial.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Keratoconus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Riboflavin/UVA crosslinking

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Removal of epithelium. Riboflavin eye drops. UVA exposure.

2

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Fluorescein eye drops. Exposure with blue light

Interventions

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Riboflavin/UVA crosslinking

Removal of epithelium. Riboflavin eye drops. UVA exposure.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Sham treatment

Fluorescein eye drops. Exposure with blue light

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Only early Keratoconus (Contact lens fitting)
* Progression of Ametropia.
* Corneal thickness \> 450µm

Exclusion Criteria

* Further ophthalmic diseases
* History of ocular surgery
* Pregnancy, brest feeding
* Allergy against Riboflavin
* End stage Keratoconus
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Peschke Meditrade, GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital Freiburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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D Dr. Philip Maier

PD Dr. med.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Philip Maier, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Eye Hospital, Freiburg

Locations

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University Eye Hospital Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Lang SJ, Messmer EM, Geerling G, Mackert MJ, Brunner T, Dollak S, Kutchoukov B, Bohringer D, Reinhard T, Maier P. Prospective, randomized, double-blind trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of corneal cross-linking to halt the progression of keratoconus. BMC Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul 21;15:78. doi: 10.1186/s12886-015-0070-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26194634 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FR-03-CCL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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