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Clinical Trials/NCT02844556
NCT02844556UnknownNot Applicable

International Multicenter Study on Small Incision Lenticule Extraction(SMILE) Surgery

Tianjin Eye Hospital1 site in 1 country1,000 target enrollmentStarted: September 1, 2016Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Enrollment
1,000
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
corrected visual acuity

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to carry out an international multicenter trial to get more convincing and valuable results of the SMILE surgery and compare the outcomes between the SMILE surgery and the FS-LASIK (femtosecond laser assisted-laser in situ keratomileusis) surgery.

The investigators hope to investigate the differences between the SMILE and the FS-LASIK surgery comprehensively, including the comparison of visual acuity, refraction, the correction of cylindrical diopter, the high order aberrations, the corneal biomechanics, the corneal ectasia, the characteristics of the changes of central corneal thickness and the complications. To meet the demands of a multi center trial, all the examination equipments should be same in each center, and this will limit the variations within a study

Detailed Description

Hypothesis: To compare the novel refractive surgery (SMILE, the intervention group) with traditional refractive surgery (FS-LASIK, the control group) in terms of visual acuity, the higher order aberrations, corneal biomechanical parameters and the complications. SMILE surgery might offer some advantages in some aspects compared with FS-LASIK surgery.

Study program

The procedures of the study are listed as follows:

All the participants accept the refractive surgery which were selected at first, and patients' routine postoperative examinations included UCVA, BCVA, slit lamp microscopy, non-contact IOP, corneal topography with the Scheimpflug tomography system, ocular higher order aberrations using the WASCA analyzer (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG), corneal biomechanical properties acquired by the Ocular Response Analyzer and/or the Corvis ST (Corvis ST, OCULUS, Wetzlar, Germany) at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months follow-up periods after surgery.

Statistics:

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is able to give informed consent as demonstrated by signing a record of informed consent;
  • •at baseline, be within the age range of 18 to 45 years old inclusive
  • •normal corneal morphology with no corneal nebula or corneal macula, the range of preoperative K2 (the steep curvature of the 3mm area at the center of cornea) from 38.0 to 47.0 diopter
  • •manifest spherical equivalent of -1.0 to -10.0 diopters (D)
  • •cylindrical diopter no more than -5.0D
  • •refractive diopter maintained stable for more than2 years
  • •preoperative BCVA≥0.8, and the scotopic pupil diameter≥5.0mm when measured by WASCA analyzer (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG)
  • •picked off soft contact lens for more than 2 weeks
  • •picked off RGP for more than 1 month
  • •preoperative corneal central thickness measured by Pentacam >500μm, non-contact IOP<21mmHg
  • •be willing to comply with the clinical trial visit schedule as directed by the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •any corneal diseases, corneal operations, eyes trauma or systemic diseases history; keratoconus or tendency of keratoconus
  • •corneal macula and obvious pannus; current enrolment in another clinical trial/research project.

Arms & Interventions

SMILE surgery

Other

Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) has become a novel and effective method for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. It is a micro-invasive and flapless refractive procedure that has been proved to offer many advantages in terms of visual acuity, corneal sensitivity and corneal biomechanics compared with traditional refractive surgeries.

Intervention: SMILE surgery (Procedure)

FS-LASIK surgery

Other

FS-LASIK surgery is femtosecond laser assisted- conventional refractive surgery and has also been proved to offer many advantages in terms of visual acuity, corneal sensitivity and corneal biomechanics compared with traditional refractive surgeries.

Intervention: FS-LASIK surgery (Other)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

corrected visual acuity

Time Frame: change from baseline with EDTRS chart at 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

  • central corneal thickness(change from baseline with the Pentacam system at 6 months)
  • deformation amplitude assessed by the Corvis ST system(change from baseline at 6 months)
  • spherical aberration(change from baseline with the WASCA system at 6 months)
  • corneal hysteresis assessed by the Ocular Response Analyzer(change from baseline at 6 months)
  • uncorrected visual acuity(change from baseline with EDTRS chart at 6 months)
  • spherical diopter(change from baseline with manifest refraction at 6 months)
  • cylindrical dioptor(change from baseline with manifest refraction at 6 months)
  • corneal curvature assessed by the Pentacam system(change from baseline with mean Pentacam keratometry at 6 months)
  • corneal resistance factor assessed by the Ocular Response Analyzer(change from baseline at 6 months)
  • coma aberration(change from baseline with the WASCA system at 6 months)
  • complication(intraoperative and postoperative at 6 months)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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