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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00330824
Date of registration: 26/05/2006
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Efficacy/Safety of Antibiotic Steroid Combination in Prevention of Post Operative Inflammation in LASIK Surgery
Scientific title: Efficacy of Antibiotic Steroid Combination Compared With Individual Administration in Prevention of Post Operative Inflammation in Patients Having LASIK Surgery
Date of first enrolment: April 2006
Target sample size: 64
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00330824
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Rubens Belfort Jr, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients having LASIK surgery;

- men or women of any race, between 18 and 50 years old, presenting up to 8 degrees of
myopia or up to 4 degrees of hypermetropia, or up to 3 degrees of astigmatism,
without any other associated ocular problems

Exclusion Criteria:

- Uncontrolled glaucoma or intraocular hypertension;

- Use of any ocular anti-infectious drugs or any topical or systemic ocular NSAIDs
during the study but study drugs;

- A history of chronic or recurrent ocular inflammatory disease;

- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy ;

- Patients with sight in a single eye;

- Iris atrophy in the eye to be operated;

- Pregnant or lactating women, or women of childbearing potential who are not using
proper birth-control methods;

- Known or suspected allergy or hypersensitivity to any component of study medication;

- A history or any other evidence of severe systemic disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Post Lasik Surgery Inflammation
Intervention(s)
Drug: antibiotic/steroid combination
Drug: moxifloxacin/dexamethasone
Primary Outcome(s)
day 15 evaluation of anterior chamber [Time Frame: 15 days pos-op]
Secondary Outcome(s)
day 15 evaluation of ocular pain, physician´s follow-up impression of inflammatory reaction score [Time Frame: 15 days pos-op]
Secondary ID(s)
BRA-05-02
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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