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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02210793
Date of registration: 02/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: AL-Nour Eye Hospital
Public title: Dry Eye Evaluation After Transepithelial PRK
Scientific title: Evaluation of Dry Eye Following Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy in Comparison to Conventional LASIK: a Comparative Study
Date of first enrolment: April 2012
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02210793
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:     Ahmed M Shalaby, MD
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Affiliation:  faculty of medicine-Cairo University
Name:     Mahmoud H Abu Steit, MD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Name:     Mohamed Salah, MBBCH
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

- Myopia -1 to -6 diopters

- Astigmatism -0.5 to - 4 diopters

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy and lactation

- Keratoconus

- Previous refractive surgery

- Previous herpetic keratitis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dry Eye
Intervention(s)
Procedure: transepithelial PRK
Procedure: LASIK
Primary Outcome(s)
quantitative of dry eye after surgery [Time Frame: 6 months]
qualitative assessment of dry eye syndrome [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
haze [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ANH-1
ANH-TPRK1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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