Refractive and Corneal Topographic Characteristics in Upper Egypt Children With High Cylinder

NCT ID: NCT06348368

Last Updated: 2024-04-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

4000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-01

Study Completion Date

2024-02-01

Brief Summary

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Refractive and Corneal Topographic Characteristics in upper Egypt children with high cylinder: A cross sectional study

Detailed Description

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Astigmatism is defined as, a refractive condition in which refractive light fails to form a focus on the retina, it accounts for about 13% of refractive errors. It is frequent and correctable cause of visual impairment in children whether associated with spherical errors or not.

Astigmatism, is the refractive error of the highest clinical importance, being associated with reduced visual acuity with subsequent development of refractive amblyopia.

High cylinder in children belong to areas of hot and dry climates, makes exclusion of keratoconus is mandatory. Population in the African continent, the Mediterranean countries, Central and South America, and the Indian subcontinent usually have the habit of eye rubbing because of bothering symptoms of dryness, itching, atopy, allergy and vernal keratoconjunctivitis, which is the severe form of allergic conjunctivitis.

Eye rubbing causes thinning of keratocyte and increases the prevalence of keratoconus.

Keratoconus in children (diagnosed before the age of eighteenth) is less common but more aggressive than that of the adults, due to the dynamic nature of the young cornea. Few studies in the literature reported the prevalence and incidence of keratoconus in children.

Pentacam is an advanced instrument with a rotating Scheimpflug camera for scanning the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces. Its measurements of the corneal thickness and posterior elevation have been proved to be of high reproducibility and repeatability.

Conditions

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Corneal Ectasia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group 1 (control group)

Children with normal Pentacam and with no refractive errors

Pentacam and autorefractometry

Intervention Type OTHER

Pentacam to detect corneal topographic changes. Auto-refractometry to assess refraction condition of the children

Group 2 (children with high cylinder and no corneal topographic abnormalities)

Children with high cylinder without corneal topographic ectasia.

Pentacam and autorefractometry

Intervention Type OTHER

Pentacam to detect corneal topographic changes. Auto-refractometry to assess refraction condition of the children

Group 3 (Children with high cylinder and corneal ectatic changes).

Children with high cylinder and corneal ectatic changes

Pentacam and autorefractometry

Intervention Type OTHER

Pentacam to detect corneal topographic changes. Auto-refractometry to assess refraction condition of the children

Interventions

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Pentacam and autorefractometry

Pentacam to detect corneal topographic changes. Auto-refractometry to assess refraction condition of the children

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Upper Egypt children with high cylinder(refractive errorr).

Exclusion Criteria

* Children below age of 7 years old (uncooperative), patients above age of 18 years old.Patients with corneal scars
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sohag University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elshimaa A.Mateen

Clinical professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elshimaa A.Mateen

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistant professor of ophthalmology, Sohag University

Locations

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Elshimaa A.Mateen

Sohag, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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Soh-Med-23-01-29

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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