Village Integrated Eye Workers Trial

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 25 March 2024
• Main ID: NCT01969786
• Date of registration: 21/10/2013
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
• Public title: Village Integrated Eye Workers Trial VIEW
• Scientific title: Village Integrated Eye Workers Trial
• Date of first enrolment: February 2014
• Target sample size: 223671
• Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01969786
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Nepal

Contacts

• Name: Tom M Lietman
• Affiliation: University of California San Francisco Proctor Foundation

• Name: Krisianne M Aromin
• Affiliation: University of California San Francisco Proctor Foundation

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Presence of a corneal abrasion

- Willingness to be treated with topical antibiotic and antifungal ointments 3 times a
day for 3 days

- Appropriate consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evidence of a corneal ulcer

- Evidence of other acute eye disease requiring urgent care

- Known allergy to study medications

- Not willing to participate



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Corneal Ulcer

Intervention(s)

Other: Corneal ulcer prevention program

Primary Outcome(s)

Incidence of corneal ulceration in the two study arms as measured by corneal photography [Time Frame: 3 years]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Trial-based cost effectiveness analysis to determine the incremental cost per corneal ulcer prevented [Time Frame: 3 years]

Secondary ID(s)

5U10EY022880

U10EY02280

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Seva Foundation

Bharatpur Eye Hospital

National Eye Institute (NEI)