Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0212120673
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does depot dilation in the form of mydriatic-soaked wicks improve papillary dilatation prior to cataract surgery?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Surgery: Cataract
Intervention
Depot method of pre-operative pupil dilatation vs repeated instillations of drops
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
21/01/2003
Overall trial end date
01/05/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
RUH opthalmology patients who are having a cataract extraction at Westbury Hospital.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
130
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
21/01/2003
Recruitment end date
01/05/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Ophthalmology
Bath
BA1 3NG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Royal United Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17129389
Publication citations
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Results
Dubois V, Wittles N, Lamont M, Madge S, Luck J, Randomised controlled single-blind study of conventional versus depot mydriatic drug delivery prior to cataract surgery., BMC Ophthalmol, 2006, 6, 36, doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-36.