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CompletedNCT01504074Updated Sep 24, 2015

Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Irvine-Gass Syndrome

An observational study in Irvine Gass Syndrome, sponsored by Medical University of Vienna. Completed at 1 site in Austria. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-24.

Sponsored by Medical University of Vienna · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Purpose: To evaluate morphological and functional characteristics of Irvine Gass syndrome

Methods: 30 patients suffering on Cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to Cataract surgery will be observed and evaluated by fluorescein-angiography, SD-OCT, reading performance, contrast sensitivity and microperimetry in a fixed time schedule

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Conditions studied

  • Irvine Gass Syndrome

Keywords

  • Irvine Gass syndrome
  • multimodal imaging
  • SD-OCT
  • CME secondary to cataract surgery
  • in vivo correlation of morphology and function
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In context

Macular Edema

841 studies on the registry are indexed under Macular Edema; 56 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 97 across 163 observational studies indexed under Macular Edema.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna is the lead sponsor of 1,076 studies on the registry; 177 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

30 patients suffering on CME secondary to cataract surgery

Inclusion criteria

  • > 18 years
  • St.p Cataract surgery
  • able to read
  • informed consent
  • with fluorescein angiography and SD-OCT diagnosed Irvine Gass syndrome

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • \< 18 years
  • CME of other origin
  • diabetic macular edema
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Patients suffering on CME secondary to cataract surgery

    Behavioral: if needed (decided individually) either Acular eye drops, Ultracortenol eye drop or intravitreal triamcinolone injection

Interventions

  • Behavioralif needed (decided individually) either Acular eye drops, Ultracortenol eye drop or intravitreal triamcinolone injection

    if prescribed: Ultracortenol/ Acular eye drops 3-4 times a day, if prescribed: singular intravitreal triamcinolone injection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction of central retinal thickness

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Increase of Best corrected visual acuity

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Ophthalmology Medical University of Vienna
    Vienna, 1190, Austria
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 24, 2015, 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
NCT01504074
Lead sponsor
Medical University of Vienna
Responsible party
Marion Munk (MD, Principal Investigator, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry,, Medical University of Vienna) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 5, 2012
Start date
Nov 2011
Primary completion
Jul 2014
Last update
Sep 24, 2015
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