Actively Recruiting
Head Positioning After Retina Detachment Repair
Led by University of Kansas Medical Center · Updated on 2026-05-05
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
503 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to determine if one day post-operative prone head positioning can be as good as seven days post-operative prone head positioning in patients with retinal detachments with inferior retinal breaks after pars that pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) using perfluoropropane (C3F8) gas as a tamponade. The investigator will conduct a single arm phase II study using a Simon's two-stage design
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Head Positioning After Retina Detachment Repair
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ability to understand and willing to sign written informed consent
- Diagnosed with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with inferior breaks
- Aged 18 years and older
- Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative rapid urine pregnancy test before surgery
You will not qualify if you...
- Pediatric patients
- Pregnant women
- Previous retinal detachment repair in the study eye
- History of scleral buckling in the study eye
- Retinal detachment caused by trauma
- Asymptomatic longstanding retinal detachments
- Non-compliance with post-operative treatment
- Phakic retinal detachment
- Exudative retinal detachment
- Retinoschisis related retinal detachment
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Kansas Medical Center
Prairie Village, Kansas, United States, 66208
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Ariana Madrigal
CONTACT
A
Abby Strickland
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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