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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01311960
Date of registration: 01/12/2010
Primary sponsor: Chulalongkorn University
Public title: Topical Bevacizumab for Preventing Recurrent Pterygium
Scientific title: Topical Bevacizumab 0.05% Eye Drops for Preventing Recurrent Pterygium, A Randomized, Double-masked, Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 2010
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01311960
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Thailand
Contacts
Name:   Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 662-256-4142
Email: ngamjitk@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 662-256-4142
Email: ngamjitk@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ngamjit Kasetsuwan, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Chulalongkorn Universitiy
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are diagnosed with primary pterygium and plan for pterygium excision
with bare sclera by single surgeon. (G.N.)

- Patients with pterygium who understand and can follow the study protocol.

- Patients of age more than 30 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have corneal melt, corneal epitheliopathy, abnormal corneal epithelial
wound healing.

- Patients who are pregnancy or lactation.

- Patients who have a history of allergy to bevacizumab.

- Patients who have a history of allergy to steroid eye drops



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anti-VEGF
Bevacizumab
Pterygium
VEGF
Intervention(s)
Drug: bevacizumab eye drop 0.05%
Drug: normal saline 0.9%
Primary Outcome(s)
rate of recurrence after primary pterygium removal [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of participants with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB No. 227/53
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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