The Visual Plasticity During Adversity and Prosperity in Infants With Congenital Cataracts

NCT ID: NCT03593824

Last Updated: 2018-07-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of individuals to change their phenotypic status when exposed to environmental variations. However, whether the plastic changes show differential susceptibility in adversity and prosperity is debated and the specific pattern of plasticity remains elusive.

Here the investigators address this question by tracking the phenotypes (functional, structural, physical, and attachment traits) in two groups of infants before and after visual deprivation: one group experienced a short duration of complete deprivation (extreme adversity) and the other group experienced a long durations of partial deprivation (watered-down adversity).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cataract

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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dense cataract group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

bilateral cataract removal surgery for dense cataract

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants were born with dense bilateral cataracts (extreme adversity) will undergo surgery for bilateral cataract removal at an early age, mostly around 3 months of age.

non-dense nuclear cataract group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

bilateral cataract removal surgery for non-dense nuclear cataract

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants were born with non-dense and nuclear bilateral cataracts (watered-down adversity) will undergo cataract removal surgery bilaterally in a compromised timing, mostly around one year old.

Interventions

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bilateral cataract removal surgery for dense cataract

Participants were born with dense bilateral cataracts (extreme adversity) will undergo surgery for bilateral cataract removal at an early age, mostly around 3 months of age.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

bilateral cataract removal surgery for non-dense nuclear cataract

Participants were born with non-dense and nuclear bilateral cataracts (watered-down adversity) will undergo cataract removal surgery bilaterally in a compromised timing, mostly around one year old.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis with dense or non-dense nuclear congenital cataract

Exclusion Criteria

* no metabolic diseases, mental retardation or central nervous diseases
* had no history of inherited diseases
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sun Yat-sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Haotian Lin

Ophthalmologist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Haotian Lin

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

Locations

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Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Ellis BJ, Boyce WT, Belsky J, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, van Ijzendoorn MH. Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory. Dev Psychopathol. 2011 Feb;23(1):7-28. doi: 10.1017/S0954579410000611.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21262036 (View on PubMed)

Pluess M, Belsky J. Vantage sensitivity: individual differences in response to positive experiences. Psychol Bull. 2013 Jul;139(4):901-16. doi: 10.1037/a0030196. Epub 2012 Oct 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23025924 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CCPMOH2018-China-6

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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