Assessing Dextenza Insert After SMILE Procedure
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- participants needed
- 20
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- sponsor
- William Wiley, MD
Summary
This three-month prospective, open-label, single-center, randomized investigator initiated clinical study seeks to investigate the efficacy of DEXTENZA when placed in the lower canaliculus (study eye) compared to topical corticosteroids (control eye) following bilateral SMILE surgery. In addition, the study will evaluate physician assessment of ease of DEXTENZA insertion
Description
4.1 Study Population The study aims to enroll 20 patients undergoing bilateral SMILE.
4.1.1 Inclusion Criteria
A patient's study eye must meet the following criteria to be eligible for inclusion in the
- study
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- Age 18 years and older
- Scheduled for bilateral SMILE surgery
- Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study related procedures
- Willing and able to sign the informed consent form
4.1.2 Exclusion Criteria
A patient who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:
- Patients under the age of 18.
- Pregnancy (must be ruled out in women of child-bearing age with pregnancy test)
- Active infectious systemic disease
- Active infectious ocular or extraocular disease
- Obstructed nasolacrimal duct in the study eye(s)
- Hypersensitivity to dexamethasone
- Patients being treated with immunomodulating agents in the study eye(s)
- Patients being treated with immunosuppressants and/or oral steroids Patients with severe disease that warrants critical attention, deemed unsafe for the study by the investigator
Details
Condition | Post Procedural Infection |
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Age | 18years - 100years |
Treatment | Dexamethasone ophthalmic insert 0.4 mg |
Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04380857 |
Sponsor | William Wiley, MD |
Last Modified on | 5 August 2020 |
How to participate?
Additional screening procedures may be conducted by the study team before you can be confirmed eligible to participate.
Learn moreIf you are confirmed eligible after full screening, you will be required to understand and sign the informed consent if you decide to enroll in the study. Once enrolled you may be asked to make scheduled visits over a period of time.
Learn moreComplete your scheduled study participation activities and then you are done. You may receive summary of study results if provided by the sponsor.
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