Active clinical trials for "Presbyopia"

Chemotherapy drugs, used in cancer treatments, may change the timing of a vision condition known as presbyopia. Presbyopia is the inability to focus the eye on close objects, by a process called accommodation. It is caused by an increase in the stiffness of the lens of the eye that occurs naturally with aging. Currently, there are no known treatments that can be used to prevent or delay presbyopia. As a result, the risk, in later life, of having this condition is essentially 100%. The purpose of this research is to determine whether chemotherapy drugs are delaying the age at which people develop symptoms of presbyopia. We hope to establish that presbyopia can in fact be delayed with the use of drugs, which would ultimately lead to further research in this area.

Patients who underwent mini-monovision (with bilateral myopic defocus, MM-BMD) surgery for presbyopia correction with monofocal intraocular lenses implantation are supposed to have sufficient uncorrected vision capacity for activities of daily living (ADLs) that require: a) distant vision(DV), (ie. driving), b) intermediate vision (IV), (ie. computer word processing), c) near vision (NV), (ie. book reading). Primary objectives of the study are: 1) the development of a series of tasks in a research setting that will simulate common ADLs that require DV, IV, and NV. 2) the identification of potential correlations of the tasks in the research setting with demographic, clinical and other parameters of the study participants.

The goal of the study is to determine the visual outcomes in patients with mild, pre-perimetric glaucoma who undergo cataract surgery with implantation of the Alcon Vivity Extended Range Intraocular Lens (IOL).

Patients who underwent bilateral bifocal or trifocal lenses implantation for presbyopia correction with monofocal intraocular lenses implantation are supposed to have sufficient uncorrected vision capacity for activities of daily living (ADLs) that require: a) distant vision (DV), (ie. driving), b) intermediate vision (IV), (ie. computer word processing), c) near vision (NV), (ie. book reading). Primary objective of the study is the comparison in a series of ADLs of two cohorts of patients (group 1: subjects with bilateral bifocal lenses implantation, group 2: subjects with bilateral trifocal lenses implantation)

Different attitudes and perceptions are encountered concerning contemporary presbyopia management. Exploration of ophthalmologists' attitudes on diagnostic and therapeutic management of presbyopia is essential for the development of disease management interventions by the Hellenic Ministry of Health and Welfare. Within this context, Greek ophthalmologists' perceptions on presbyopia will be explored by means of a custom questionnaire.