Active clinical trials for "Keratoconus"

The purpose of this study is to determine if the device, CATS tonometer prism, measures intraocular pressure significantly differently than the current standard of care tonometer prism (Goldmann) before and after a corneal crosslinking procedure. This difference would be a measurement of the amount of corneal biomechanical changes made due to the cross-linking procedure.

Keratoconus is a degenerative disease entity characterized by conical shape ectasia of the cornea. progressive conical deformation of the cornea leads to substantial astigmatism. Patients who are at an advanced stage of ectasia are often led to corneal transplant or other treatments, which essentially aim at correcting the refractive error and not in treating the ectasia. The top of the protruding cone that corneal configuration may be close to the visual axis or below and nasal of that. The disease manifests during adolescence, followed by slow progressive course, although it is possible to stabilize anytime. In 85% of cases both eyes are affected, but the severity of the attack can present significant asymmetry.