NCT06618508View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Manual Debridement Vs Phototherapeutic Keratectomy in the Treatment of Corneal Basement Membrane Dystrophy

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

25

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2024

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2026

Conditions
Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Manual debridement

Traditional technique which consists of scraping off the irregular epithelium to allow a new layer to form.

PROCEDURE

Phototherapeutic keratectomy

New technique which has been increasingly used and which consists of a 193nm excimer laser that breaks molecular bonds between cells on the epithelial surface.

Trial Locations (1)

H2X 3E4

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

OTHER

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