Status:

TERMINATED

A Study of Cataract Surgery With the Femtosecond Laser

Lead Sponsor:

Abbott Medical Optics

Conditions:

Cataract

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using the Femtosecond Laser System to perform surgical maneuvers during cataract extraction surgery.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Able and willing to comply with the treatment/follow-up schedule and requirements
  • Able to understand and provide written Informed Consent
  • 3\. ETDRS visual acuity equal to or worse than 20/30 (best corrected)
  • Patient age between 50 and 80 years old
  • Pupil dilates to at least 8 mm
  • Patient able to fixate
  • 1-3+ nuclear sclerotic cataract(This criterion does not apply to subjects who will receive post-IOL corneal relaxing incisions)
  • Axial length between 22 and 26 mm

Exclusion

  • Pregnant, intending to become pregnant during course of study, less than 3 months postpartum or less than 6 weeks after completion of breast feeding
  • Participation in a study of another device or drug within 3 months prior to study enrollment or during this study, and as per the Investigator's careful discretion, as long as not contradictory to any of the above criteria
  • Any condition which, in the Investigator's opinion, would make it unsafe (for the subject or for the study personnel) to treat the subject as part of this research study
  • Anterior chamber depth less than 2.5 mm via Optical Coherence Tomography (Visante, Zeiss) or IOL Master (Zeiss) measurements
  • History of prior ocular surgery
  • History of ocular trauma
  • Co-existing ocular disease affecting vision
  • Astigmatism greater than five diopters (D.)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00922571

Start Date

June 1 2009

End Date

May 1 2014

Last Update

February 4 2025

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