ââ?¬Å?Measuring and Treating Corneal Eye Infections.ââ?¬?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H161- Other and unspecified superficialkeratitis without conjunctivitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/03/024211
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Eye Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for cases
1) All participants must be aged above 15yrs and must be able to consent.
2) Clinically significant microbial keratitis more than or equal to 2 mm
Inclusion Criteria for controls
1) Non-infectious inflammatory keratitis, either immune mediated or contact lens related.
2) Patients could have had previous therapy by an outside provider
Exclusion Criteria
1) All participants aged <15yrs
2) Pregnancy
3) Prior incisional corneal surgery
4) No light perception vision
5) Corneal perforation/impending perforation
6) Viral keratitis
7) Acanthamoeba Keratitis
8) Difficulty coordinating timely study visits
9) Inpatient status
10) Institutional status
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To bring a validated tools to identify at-risk patients and to monitor patients with corneal infectionsTimepoint: 90 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To predict 90-Day eye health outcomes and to predict types of Corneal infections with substantial diagnostic accuracy The long term goal is to improve the initial and ongoing treatment for patients with corneal infectionsTimepoint: 12 months