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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN63768137
Date of registration: 30/09/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Public title: Pupil dilation prior to cataract surgery with a pledget sponge - a randomised controlled trial.
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Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2004
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN63768137
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: Austin    McCormick
Address:  Department of Opthamology Arrowe Park Hospital Arrowe Park Road Upton CH49 5PE Wirral United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Plan for 40 patients per group, on average 6 patients per list means approximately 14 lists, 2 Lists per week over 7 weeks.
Exclusion criteria: Previous eye disease likely to cause a small pupil

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Surgery: Cataract
Surgery
Other cataract
Intervention(s)
Randomised controlled trial.
1. Pledget sponge.
2. Repeated drop administration.
Primary Outcome(s)
Pupil diameter
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain or discomfort on administration of drops or pledget assessed using a visual analogue scale
Secondary ID(s)
N0280141214
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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