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Trial History Detail on 2008-02-15

CUHK_CCT00156

2008-02-15

Prospective

Not applicable

N/A

Nil

Nil

Dr. Anita SY Ng

anitang@cuhk.edu.hk

email

Prof. Dennis SC Lam

dennislam_cu_res@cuhk.edu.hk

email

Intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab (Avastin®) as an adjunctive therapy of pterygium surgery to prevent recurrence: A pilot study

Not applicable

Yes

2008-01-31

pterygium

Procedure

Intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab (Avastin®) after surgical excision of pterygium

one injection immediately after surgical excision of pterygium

There is no comparative treatment as this is a pilot study. We will observe the recurrence rate of pterygium being treated with adjunctive intravitreal Avastin injection and design a randomized controlled trial in the future.

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 18 years or above 2. Eye with single-head primary or secondary pterygium 3. Patient able and willing to give informed consent to the pterygium surgery with intravitreal injections of bevacizumab Exclusion criteria: 1. Single functional eye 2. Pregnant patients 3. Use of anticoagulants or antiplatelet therapy other than aspirin / NSAID within 14 days of surgery.

Non-randomized

Uncontrolled

Open label

Single group

2008-03-01

50 eyes

Not Yet Recruiting

Recurrence of pterygium, up to 24 months post op

- Visual acuity (VA) - Intraocular pressure (IOP) - Corneal endothelial cell counts - Corneal astigmatism - Any complications from the injections

No

2013-01-14


Yes

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