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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00161525
Date of registration: 08/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Public title: Pneumatic Displacement of Subretinal Hemorrhage With Perfluorocarbon Gases
Scientific title: Perfluorocarbon Gases for the Repair of Retinal Detachments.
Date of first enrolment: October 2003
Target sample size: 25
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00161525
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Harvey Lincoff, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 212-962-6600
Email: hal2005@med.cornell.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Harvey Lincoff, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 212-746-6600
Email: hal2005@med.cornell.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Harvey Lincoff, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10021, United States
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diminished vision secondary to subretinal hemorrhage in the macula or exudative
maculopathy.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient unable to maintain gaze position for 20 minutes every waking hour for 7 days.

- Patient unable to sleep on their side or with head elevated 40 degrees.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 95 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Subretinal Hemorrhage and Exudative Maculopathy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Pneumatic displacement
Primary Outcome(s)
Displacement of Subretinal Hemorrhage [Time Frame: 7 days after gas injection]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Improvement in visual acuity [Time Frame: 7 days after gas injection]
Secondary ID(s)
1095-053
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Edward Grayson Fund for Retinal Research
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