A Novel Congenital Cataract Category System

Cataract Clinical Trial

Official title: A Novel Congenital Cataract Category System Based on Lens Opacity Positions and Their Relevant Anterior Segment Characteristics

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Congenital cataracts (CC) are the leading cause of childhood visual disabilities and treatable childhood blindness worldwide1. CC patients have a wide range of presentations of lens opacities and are generally categorized into several groups based on the etiologies, anatomical positions, or shapes of lens opacities. Cataractous eyes of CC patients are also frequently complicated with other anterior segment abnormalities due to their close anatomical relationships and similar developmental origins. Lens opacities in different positions may be related to specific anterior segment abnormalities; for example, anterior polar cataracts are associated with greater corneal astigmatism (CA). However, no studies have systematically related the position of lens opacities to specific anterior segment abnormities, mainly due to the small number of CC patients, a lack of proper equipment, and a lack of awareness of these important relationships.

Clinical Trial Description

Congenital cataracts (CC) are the leading cause of childhood visual disabilities and treatable childhood blindness worldwide1. CC patients have a wide range of presentations of lens opacities and are generally categorized into several groups based on the etiologies, anatomical positions, or shapes of lens opacities. Cataractous eyes of CC patients are also frequently complicated with other anterior segment abnormalities due to their close anatomical relationships and similar developmental origins. Lens opacities in different positions may be related to specific anterior segment abnormalities; for example, anterior polar cataracts are associated with greater corneal astigmatism (CA). However, no studies have systematically related the position of lens opacities to specific anterior segment abnormities, mainly due to the small number of CC patients, a lack of proper equipment, and a lack of awareness of these important relationships.

Using the largest CC database in the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), the current study compared the anterior segment characteristics of CC patients with lens opacities in different positions and further proposed a modified CC category system based on the specific relationships between the position of lens opacities and anterior segment characteristics. Knowledge of these relationships is beneficial for further understanding of CC occurrence and development and has clinical significance for CC diagnosis and treatment. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cataract

• NCT number: NCT02793869
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Sun Yat-sen University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2011
• Completion date: December 2015