Effect of the Timing of Cataract Surgery on Complications in Patients With Bilateral Congenital Cataracts

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Congenital cataract is an important treatable cause of visual handicap in childhood throughout the world. Successful management of childhood cataract is dependent on individualized treatment strategies and rigorous postoperative supervision for adverse complication. In this trial, we aimed to compare the difference of postoperative outcome between surgical timing at age of 3 month and 6 month. Patients enrolled into the study will be followed for two year and will have study visits at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month, 18month and 24month postoperatively.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University
• Collaborator: Ministry of Health, China
• Treatments: Anesthetics; BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children diagnosis with bilateral congenital cataract for entire lens without other ocular abnormality

• No more than 3 month old

• Have signed a consent form

• Can be followed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children not identified with congenital cataract

• Have not signed consent form

• Be not able to be followed