Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:04 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:04 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01249235
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Primary pterygium (no previous surgeries or radiotherapy) requiring excision due to ocular discomfort or disruption in vision
* Size of pterygium greater than 2.5 mm over the cornea (pterygia smaller than this do not result in much postoperative eye pain)
* Ability to understand the nature of the procedure and to complete all measurement requirements
* Adults (age greater than 18)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Ocular surface disease apart from pterygium (such as severe dry eye, corneal disease, scarring from previous infection, radiotherapy, inflammatory diseases or trauma)
* Patients who have had previous ocular surface surgery
* Contraindications to local anesthetics (such as known allergy)
* Pregnancy (as the risk to the fetus with the use of topical antibiotic drops and local anesthetics are not known)
* Patients already on systemic analgesics for any other reason (such as rheumatoid arthritis)
* Allergy to codeine (in order to standardize the systemic analgesic used so that we can compare the effect of bandage contact lens versus 24 hour patching)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
19 Years
Study:
NCT01249235
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01249235