Comparative Motility of Alloplastic Orbital Implants

NCT ID: NCT04464109

Last Updated: 2020-08-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-01

Study Completion Date

2021-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the effect of posterior placement of orbital implants on their motility compared to intrascleral placement after evisceration .

Detailed Description

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Evisceration allows removal of the intraocular contents while preserving the sclera and normal extraocular muscle attachments. It is more advantageous than enucleation in patients in whom intraocular tumor is rules out.

Maximizing orbital volume and restoration of movement are important aspects of a successful surgical outcome.

Standard evisceration techniques do not allow placement of an implant larger than 13-16 mm which don't adequately replace the volume leading to postevisceration socket syndrome. Therefore, various techniques have been described to expand the scleral cavity and allow placement of a large implant including anterior sclerotomies, posterior sclerotomies, and disinsertion of optic nerve.

Implant exposure is a terrible complication of evisceration with reported rates as high as 67%. Exposure of the implant can lead to infection, which usually mandates removal of the implant. Trying to minimize this risk, physicians intentionally place the implants posterior to the normal position of the globe. Some authors described placement of the implant posterior to posterior sclera which totally eliminated the risk of exposure.

However, this deep seating of the implant may have deleterious effects on its motility. It can decrease implant-prosthesis interaction. In addition, retro-scleral placement of the implant moves it posterior to the pulleys that serve as the functional origins of rectus muscles. This relationship would be expected to alter the pulling directions of the rectus muscles after evisceration hindering effective implant motility.

In this trial the investigators will try to study the effect of posterior placement of the implants on its motility after evisceration.

Conditions

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Anophthalmos; Acquired Evisceration; Traumatic, Eye

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Retro-scleral placement of the implant

Surgical steps;

1. Two anterior scleral relaxing incisions
2. A 360° scleral incision around the optic nerve to disinsert it
3. Two posterior scleral relaxing incisions
4. The implant is inserted posterior to posterior scleral edges
5. The posterior sclera is closed then the anterior sclera is overlapped and closed.
6. The implant is completely seated in the intraconal space

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Evisceration with orbital implantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Evisceration will be performed. Alloplastic orbital implant will be inserted either posterior to the sclera or partly within the scleral canal.

Intrascleral placement of the implant

Anterior and posterior sclerotomies with the implant partly in the scleral shell and partly in the intraconal space.

1. Anterior relaxing sclerotomies not reaching the optic nerve
2. A 360° scleral incision around the optic nerve.
3. The anterior sclera flaps are overlapped and closed
4. Part of the implant remains in the scleral shell, while the remaining part is sitting in the intraconal space.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Evisceration with orbital implantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Evisceration will be performed. Alloplastic orbital implant will be inserted either posterior to the sclera or partly within the scleral canal.

Interventions

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Evisceration with orbital implantation

Evisceration will be performed. Alloplastic orbital implant will be inserted either posterior to the sclera or partly within the scleral canal.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients who are candidates for evisceration

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to provide independent, informed consent
* Significant preoperative motility abnormalities
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fayoum University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mostafa Mohammed Mohammed Diab

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mostafa Mohammed M Diab, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fayoum University Hospitals

Locations

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Mostafa Mohammed Mohammed Diab

Al Fayyum, , Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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Mostafa Mohammed M Diab, PhD

Role: CONTACT

01016737314

Richard C Allen, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Mostafa Mohammed M Diab, PhD

Role: primary

01016737314

Richard C Allen, PhD

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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R116/2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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