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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR839
Date of registration: 18/12/2006
Primary sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department Ophtalmology
Public title: Macula off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and its functional recovery.
Scientific title: Macula off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and its functional recovery. - Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, functional recovery
Date of first enrolment: 1/2/2007
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: pending
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=839
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: No; Masking: None; Control: Not applicable; Group: [default]; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: L.I.  Los
Address:  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Ophthalmology P.O. Box 30.001 9700 RB Groningen The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)50 3612510
Email: l.i.los@ohk.umcg.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: D.  Croonen
Address:  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Ophthalmology, P.O. Box 30.001 Groningen The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)50 3612510
Email: d.croonen@ohk.umcg.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Primary study group:
1. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with macula off during 1 day to 6 weeks;
2. Retinal reattachment after one surgical intervention;
3. No redetachment during the study period (1 year).

Secondary study group:
same as primary study group, but more than one vitreoretinal surgical procedure is needed to obtain retinal attachment.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pre-existent ocular pathology in the study or fellow eye that significantly influences visual acuity;
2. History of retinal detachment in the study or fellow eye.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Intervention(s)
Vitreoretinal surgery according to current practice guidelines.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Visual acuity in relation to duration and height of macular detachment;
2. Individual parameters relating to visual function, subjective contentness and morphology of the macula in relation to each other.
Primary study group:
Pre-operative and postoperative at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.
Secundary study group:
Pre-operative and 1 year after the latest vitreoretinal surgery.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Correlation between height macular detachment measured by ultrasonography and by optical coherence tomography.
2. Relationship between subjective contentness in the primary and secondary study groups.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN76474643
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Stichting Nederlands Oogheelkundig Onderzoek
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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