Active clinical trials for "Cataract"

This study will assess the value of improved magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to study the lens of the human eye. Knowledge of how cataracts develop and progress has been hampered by the lack of human tissue available for study; MRI may provide an effective means for learning more about this eye disease. Normal volunteers between 18 and 70 years of age may be eligible for this study. Participants will undergo a medical history and complete eye examination, including vision assessment, eye pressure measurement, lens and retina examinations, and photography of the eye. MRI scans will be scheduled for a second visit. For this procedure, the volunteer's pupils are dilated and he or she then lies on a stretcher that is moved into a cylinder containing a magnetic field. A device similar to a welder's helmet is placed on the head. Attached to the device are an imaging probe and a small blinking light. The probe receives radio signals from the eye that a computer converts into images. During imaging, the participant gazes at the blinking light; this helps keep the eyes from blinking and wandering. Scan times vary from 2 to 10 minutes; the total time for the study is less than an hour.

A clinical study has been identified as a requirement for the RDSL (Theia). This study involves a clinical comparison of the imaging from the RDSL with that of a predicate device. The clinical evaluation showed that there remains some residual risk in the practitioner's ability to use the imaging from the RDSL to detect pathologies at the same level as when using the imaging function on a predicate device. The aim of this comparative study is to determine the degree, if any, of difference in using images captured from the RDSL for clinical inspection of pathologies, when compared to images captured from a predicate device. Due to the involvement of real patients during the study, ethics approval was sought prior to commencement. This study is limited to the clinical benefits of the device. An additional Human factors study has been conducted to assess the useability of the device Images were taken of healthy eyes and eyes with pathology (with images of several pathologies from each major pathology group to give a full range) on both the predicate device, and the RDSL.

Evaluation of the Accuracy and Safety of the LaserArcs Femtosecond Cataract Surgery Arcuate Incision Nomogram in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery and Astigmatism Reduction

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subtenon block (SB)anesthesia with dexmedetomidine in combination with bupivacaine versus intravenous dexmedetomidine for postoperative analgesia and emesis control in infants undergoing cataract surgery.

Investigate if caffeine accumulation in human lens epithelial cells after oral caffeine intake is sufficient to prevent from experimental ultraviolet radiation induced apoptosis

We investigated the hemostatic differences according to the main anesthetic agents by analyzing rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) under the hypothesis that propofol-based anesthesia would impair postoperative coagulability more than the sevoflurane-based anesthesia.

The pseudoexfoliation (PXF syndrome) is caused by production and deposition of extracellular material in the anterior chamber of the eye as well as in other tissues of the body. Approx. 70 million worldwide have a PXF syndrome. After cataract surgery a decentration and subluxation of the intraocular lens (IOL) happens more frequently than in the general population due to a higher incidence of zonular weakness and an increased capsular fibrotic reaction. Decentration, tilt and / or rotation of the lens can reduce the quality of vision. It is believed that the design of the implanted IOL, more precisely the front surface of the IOL has an influence on the extent of capsular fibrosis and contraction. Especially in presence of capsular instability, as it is in patients with Pseudoexfoliation syndrome the design of the IOL has an effect on the post-operative stability. In this study, two different IOL models are compared in terms of their stability. The "Tecnis 1-piece ZCB00" (AMO, USA), with a concave lowering comprising the lens edge and the "Acrysof SA60AT" (Alcon, USA), with a biconvex design are compared. Forty eyes of 20 patients are planned to be included in this study. One eye receives the "Tecnis ZCB00 1-piece "(AMO, USA), while the other eye receives the"Acrysof SA60AT "(Alcon, USA). In which eye which IOL is implanted, is assigned by randomization. To measure the decentration, tilt and rotation of the IOL an examination will be performed before the operation and there will be follow-ups one hour after the operation of the first eye, one hour after the operation of the second eye, three months and twelve months after the operation on the second eye. All measurements will be done without touching the eye.

The investigators aim to conduct a prospective clinical pilot study to investigate the use of VisionBlue staining administered during cataract surgery to 20 patients with history of trabeculectomy for glaucoma as a means to assess functioning of an existing filtering bleb. The investigators also aim to develop a standard classification system for assessing filtering bleb function during cataract surgery.

Purpose of The Study: The purpose of this study is the following: A)To gather age-related normative visual acuity data for the Vimetrics Central Vision Analyzer (CVA, Vimetrics, LLC, Media, Pa) B)To gather visual acuity data for patients with known ocular problems, including cataract and maculopathy. C)To correlate and compare the CVA visual acuity findings with the acuity measured with standard LogMAR acuity charts viewed under similar conditions of contrast and lighting

The objective of this study is to evaluate clinical outcomes following sub-2 mm micro-incision cataract surgery (MICS) and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. This study is evaluated in two Phases V4 (6M) endpoint: primary analysis V5 (12M) and V6 (34M): EPCO score and Nd Yag incidence analysis