Iris Vascular Area Density-Based Preoperative Pain-Risk Screening and Intervention in Second-Eye Cataract Surgery

NCT ID: NCT07291089

Last Updated: 2025-12-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

126 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-23

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of pranoprofen or prednisolone acetate eye drops for pain management in patients undergoing second-eye surgery for age-related cataracts. Researchers will compare pranoprofen or prednisolone acetate eye drops with sodium hyaluronate eye drops to determine whether pranoprofen or prednisolone acetate eye drops can relieve intraoperative pain during second-eye cataract surgery.

Participants will:

1. Receive one drop in the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery (pranoprofen, prednisolone acetate, or sodium hyaluronate)
2. Undergo cataract surgery and routine postoperative follow-up
3. Within 1 hour after surgery, provide a pain visual analog scale (VAS) score under the guidance of the investigator

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Age Related Cataract Pain Management During Cataract Surgery

Keywords

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Cataract surgery Pain Second-eye cataract surgery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Pranoprofen ophthalmic solution group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pranoprofen eye drops

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive one drop of pranoprofen instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Prednisolone acetate ophthalmic suspension group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prednisolone acetate eye drops

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive one drop of prednisolone acetate instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Sodium hyaluronate ophthalmic solution group

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Sodium hyaluronate eye drops

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants receive one drop of sodium hyaluronate instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Interventions

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Pranoprofen eye drops

Participants receive one drop of pranoprofen instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Intervention Type DRUG

Prednisolone acetate eye drops

Participants receive one drop of prednisolone acetate instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Intervention Type DRUG

Sodium hyaluronate eye drops

Participants receive one drop of sodium hyaluronate instilled into the operative eye at 2 hours, 1.5 hours, 1 hour, and 30 minutes before cataract surgery.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged ≥50 years.
* Definite diagnosis of age-related cataract.
* The first-eye cataract surgery under local anesthesia has been completed at this hospital, and the second-eye cataract surgery under local anesthesia is planned with the same surgeon within 1 year of the first-eye surgery.
* Able to cooperate with preoperative iris optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) examination of the operative eye.
* On the day of the second-eye surgery, preoperative iris vascular area density (VAD) ≥ 0.2167 in the operative eye.

Exclusion Criteria

* History of ocular trauma, ocular surgery (excluding the first-eye cataract surgery already performed), uveitis, chorioretinal disease, glaucoma;
* Presence of significant corneal disease, marked iris abnormalities, or any active ocular surface disease, including recent conjunctivitis, keratitis, or severe dry eye.
* Severe complications during or after the first-eye surgery (e.g., posterior capsule rupture, zonular dialysis, dislocation of the lens nucleus into the vitreous cavity, postoperative endophthalmitis, or glaucoma).
* History of chronic pain syndromes or neuropathic pain.
* Long-term use of opioids, other systemic analgesics, or sedative-hypnotic drugs.
* Known autoimmune disease or ongoing immunosuppressive therapy.
* Severe psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment interfering with pain assessment.
* Use of topical corticosteroid eye drops in the second eye within 1 month prior to the planned surgery.
* Long-term use of α-adrenergic blockers or other medications associated with intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS).
* Participation in any other clinical trial involving ophthalmic or systemic drugs within the past 6 months.
* Known allergy or contraindication to topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (e.g., pranoprofen) or topical corticosteroids (e.g., prednisolone acetate) used in this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Huiyi Jin

Principal Investigator, Associate Chief Physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Zhu XJ, Wolff D, Zhang KK, He WW, Sun XH, Lu Y, Zhou P. Molecular Inflammation in the Contralateral Eye After Cataract Surgery in the First Eye. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Aug;56(9):5566-73. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-16531.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26305528 (View on PubMed)

Zhang Y, Du Y, Jiang Y, Zhu X, Lu Y. Effects of Pranoprofen on Aqueous Humor Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Level and Pain Relief During Second-Eye Cataract Surgery. Front Pharmacol. 2018 Jul 17;9:783. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00783. eCollection 2018.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30065652 (View on PubMed)

Cui L, Ma Y, Wang Y, Luo Q, Ding Q, Ge L, Lu S, Miao Y, Sun Q, Zou H, Jin H. Combination of iris vessel area density and surgery interval as the predictor of perceived pain during consecutive second-eye cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023 Aug 1;49(8):858-863. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001229.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37350758 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CCTR-2023C03-R

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id