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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of an investigational daily disposable contact lens.
The purpose of this study is to compare the overall performance of a monthly replacement contact lens when worn for one month and when worn for two weeks.
This retrospective chart review study compares the incidence of corneal inflammation due to infection in children vs. adult patients wearing overnight corneal reshaping lenses.
Anti-VEGF therapy has been proven efficacious for the wet (neovascular) form of macular degeneration and may be beneficial for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to other causes. The limitation of this type of treatment is the necessity for frequent intraocular injections. The purpose of this study is to determine if using anti-VEGF therapy in combination with photodynamic therapy can reduce the number of treatments needed with monotherapy while achieving similar visual results. There are ongoing multicenter trials evaluating combination therapy in patients with wet AMD but no similar trial for patients with CNV due to non-AMD causes. Therefore, in this study the investigators will focus on patients with CNV not due to AMD.
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate and compare the clinical performance of two multifocal contact lenses.
The purpose of this 4-week dispensing trial is to evaluate and compare an investigational soft contact lens worn on a daily disposable basis with three other soft contact lenses also worn on a daily disposable basis.
Emtosecond lasers are used in cutting the flap in LASIK procedures (laser corrective surgery for refractive error). Their use has decreased the incidence of serious complications when compared to the use of microkeratomes(mechanical blades). The commonest femtosecond laser currently used is 'Intralase'. A newer femtosecond laser 'Visumax' (Zeiss) is now available and differs from the Intralase in that it does not interfere with the curvature of the cornea when creating the flap. The Intralase applanates the cornea flat during flap creation which causes the intraocular pressure to be higher. Both Intralase and Visumax lasers are available to patients and surgeons to use at SNEC. The aim of the investigators study is to compare the two lasers in a randomization of left and right eyes in the same patient. The investigators want to measure any difference that the lower intraocular pressure may have during the creation of the flap. This will be measured with a questionaire on patient experience during the procedure and the outcomes of vision, refraction, contrast sensitivity, wave-front analysis, tear function,corneal sensation and flap thickness measured with anterior segment OCT during the post-operative follow up period. To date no-one has compared the use of these two femtosecond lasers. Both lasers are currently used clinically for flap creation at SNEC.
The purpose of this study is to utilize in-vivo confocal microscopy to describe differences in corneal epithelial immune status across three lens care regimens in new contact lens wearers.
VEGF Trap-Eye will be tested for safety and efficacy in patients with vision loss due to choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia. This will be a placebo-controlled trial. 3 out of 4 patients will receive an injection of VEGF Trap-Eye into the affected eye (and repeated injections if required), and 1 out of 4 patients will receive a sham injection requiring no needle stick, but making the patient unaware of whether or not he received active treatment. Outcome of the two treatment groups will be compared after 24 weeks. From week 24, sham patients may receive active treatment. Total duration of the study will be 48 weeks.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical results of anti-VEGF intra-vitreal injections (IVT) in CNV secondary to pathologic myopia (PM-CNV).