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CompletedNCT00825864Updated Jan 21, 2009

Diclofenac vs Dexamethasone in Combined Surgery

An interventional study of diclofenac drops and dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% eye drops in Glaucoma and Cataract, sponsored by Sheba Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 40 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-01-21.

Sponsored by Sheba Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To study the effect of Diclofenac drops or Dexamethasone drops on combined surgery of trabeculectomy and cataract surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Glaucoma
  • Cataract

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In context

Cataract

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This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 80 across 1,155 interventional studies indexed under Cataract.

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Lead sponsor

Sheba Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 660 studies on the registry; 63 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for combines surgery of trabeculectomy and cataract surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • severe complicated surgery like vitreal loss, expulsive hemorrhage, endophthalmitis
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    1diclofenac drops treatment

    four times a day for 3 months

    Drug: diclofenac drops

  • Active comparator
    2dexamethasone drops

    Drug: dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% eye drops

Interventions

  • Drugdiclofenac drops

    one drop 4 times a day for 3 months

  • Drugdexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1% eye drops

    for first week after the operation : one drop 6 times a day. Then tapering by reducing one drop for a week

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. intraocular pressure

    Time frame: year

Secondary outcomes

  1. the number of antiglaucoma medications

    Time frame: year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medcial Center
    Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 21, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00825864
Lead sponsor
Sheba Medical Center
First posted
Jan 21, 2009
Start date
Jan 2004
Primary completion
Jan 2008
Completion
Jan 2008
Last update
Jan 21, 2009

Study contacts

Hani Levkovitch-Verbin
principal investigator · Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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