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Status unknownNCT05489198Updated Aug 5, 2022

Cataract Surgery Technique and Ocular Clarity

An interventional study of cataract surgery with Centurion phacoemulsification system and cataract surgery with Quatera 700 phacoemulsification system in Cataract, sponsored by Amphia Hospital. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-08-05.

Sponsored by Amphia Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2022), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this study is to study the restoration of quality of vision, expressed as straylight, in the immediate period after cataract surgery with two different phacoemulsification technologies.

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Cataract is an opacification of the lens. With cataract surgery, the lens is surgically removed after which a clear artificial intraocular lens is implanted. For patients, it is important that they regain functional vision as quickly as possible after surgery as a limited vision may increase the risk of falling and increases the dependency on other people. Surgical removal of the lens is done with a phacoemulsification system. Differences between phacoemulsification systems are the used pump type, the way the needle oscillates, and the fluid dynamics of the system. It is unknown whether any of the available systems offer an advantage on the amount of corneal oedema that develops after surgery and, therefore, results in a more rapid restoration of functional vision.

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Conditions studied

  • Cataract

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Keywords

  • Straylight
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Cataract
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In context

Cataract

1,629 studies on the registry are indexed under Cataract; 235 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 15 is below the median of 79 across 1,092 interventional studies indexed under Cataract.

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Lead sponsor

Amphia Hospital is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of cataract in both eyes,
  • Having consented to and is planned to undergo cataract surgery in both eyes,
  • Planned for implantation of a non-toric monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) in both eyes,
  • A targeted refractive error of emmetropia,
  • Corneal astigmatism of ≤1.5 D,
  • Age of at least 18 years,
  • Willing and able to participate in both preoperative and postoperative examinations, and
  • Agreeing to sign the form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language to comply with study procedures,
  • Any comorbidity (other than cataract) that may significantly affect visual function and/or increase straylight and/or prolong visual recovery after surgery, such as significant macular degeneration, significant glaucoma, significant diabetic eye disease, significant ocular surface disease, cornea dystrophy, corneal opacification, significant vitreous opacities (such as asteroid hyalosis and floaters), and history of cerebral vascular accident,
  • Subjects with a history of ocular surgery (e.g., corneal refractive surgery),
  • Subjects with an increased risk of complicated cataract surgery:
  • Lens subluxation or (phaco)iridodonesis,
  • Cataract brunescens, cataract rubra, cataract nigrans, or posterior polar cataract, and
  • History of ocular trauma,
  • Unability to be (reliably) measured with the C-Quant straylight meter or Pentacam corneal topographer, and
  • A calculated IOL power in any eye that prohibits implantation of the same type of IOL in both eyes.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
15 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Centurion

    Cataract surgery performed with the Centurion phacoemulsification system

    Procedure: cataract surgery with Centurion phacoemulsification system

  • Experimental
    Quatera 700

    Cataract surgery performed with the Quatera 700 phacoemulsification system

    Procedure: cataract surgery with Quatera 700 phacoemulsification system

Interventions

  • Procedurecataract surgery with Centurion phacoemulsification system

    Cataract surgery performed with the Centurion phacoemulsification system

  • Procedurecataract surgery with Quatera 700 phacoemulsification system

    Cataract surgery performed with the Quatera 700 phacoemulsification system

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Straylight

    Amount of straylight measured with C-Quant, expressed as log(s)

    Time frame: preoperative

  2. Straylight

    Amount of straylight measured with C-Quant, expressed as log(s)

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  3. Straylight

    Amount of straylight measured with C-Quant, expressed as log(s)

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  4. Straylight

    Amount of straylight measured with C-Quant, expressed as log(s)

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  5. Straylight

    Amount of straylight measured with C-Quant, expressed as log(s)

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Corneal densitometry

    Corneal densitometry measured with Pentacam, expressed as percentage

    Time frame: preoperative

  2. Corneal densitometry

    Corneal densitometry measured with Pentacam, expressed as percentage

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  3. Corneal densitometry

    Corneal densitometry measured with Pentacam, expressed as percentage

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  4. Corneal densitometry

    Corneal densitometry measured with Pentacam, expressed as percentage

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  5. Corneal densitometry

    Corneal densitometry measured with Pentacam, expressed as percentage

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

  6. Amount of phaco energy used

    Amount of phaco energy used, expressed as Cumulative Dissipated Energy (CDE, for Alcon Centurion) or as Equivalent Phaco Time (EPT, for Zeiss Quatera 700)

    Time frame: Surgery day

  7. Amount of balanced salt solution used

    Amount of balanced salt solution used, expressed in milliliters

    Time frame: Surgery day

  8. Total surgery time

    Total surgery time per eye

    Time frame: Surgery day

  9. Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: preoperative

  10. Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  11. Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  12. Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  13. Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

  14. Corrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Corrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: preoperative

  15. Corrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Corrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  16. Corrected Distance Visual Acuity

    Corrected Distance Visual Acuity, expressed as logMAR

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  17. Corneal pachymetry

    Corneal thickness measured with Pentacam, expressed as um

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

  18. Corneal pachymetry

    Corneal thickness measured with Pentacam, expressed as um

    Time frame: preoperative

  19. Corneal pachymetry

    Corneal thickness measured with Pentacam, expressed as um

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  20. Corneal pachymetry

    Corneal thickness measured with Pentacam, expressed as um

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  21. Corneal pachymetry

    Corneal thickness measured with Pentacam, expressed as um

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  22. Presence of corneal oedema

    Presence of corneal oedema with slit lamp biomicroscopy

    Time frame: preoperative

  23. Presence of corneal oedema

    Presence of corneal oedema with slit lamp biomicroscopy

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  24. Presence of corneal oedema

    Presence of corneal oedema with slit lamp biomicroscopy

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  25. Presence of corneal oedema

    Presence of corneal oedema with slit lamp biomicroscopy

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  26. Presence of corneal oedema

    Presence of corneal oedema with slit lamp biomicroscopy

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

  27. Catquest-9SF

    Catquest-9-Short-Form patient-reported outcome measure, expressed as Rasch score (min: -6.14, max: +5.71, lower scores mean a better result) and sum score (min: 9, max: 36, lower scores mean a better result)

    Time frame: preoperative

  28. Catquest-9SF

    Catquest-9-Short-Form patient-reported outcome measure, expressed as Rasch score (min: -6.14, max: +5.71, lower scores mean a better result) and sum score (min: 9, max: 36, lower scores mean a better result)

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  29. Catquest-9SF

    Catquest-9-Short-Form patient-reported outcome measure, expressed as Rasch score (min: -6.14, max: +5.71, lower scores mean a better result) and sum score (min: 9, max: 36, lower scores mean a better result)

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  30. Catquest-9SF

    Catquest-9-Short-Form patient-reported outcome measure, expressed as Rasch score (min: -6.14, max: +5.71, lower scores mean a better result) and sum score (min: 9, max: 36, lower scores mean a better result)

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  31. Catquest-9SF

    Catquest-9-Short-Form patient-reported outcome measure, expressed as Rasch score (min: -6.14, max: +5.71, lower scores mean a better result) and sum score (min: 9, max: 36, lower scores mean a better result)

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

  32. Patient-Perceived Satisfactory Improvement in Vision

    Degree of satisfactory improvement in vision (possible answers are: a) worse, b) unchanged, c) unsatisfactory improved, d) satisfactory improved, e) good to very good improved)

    Time frame: 1-2 hours after surgery

  33. Patient-Perceived Satisfactory Improvement in Vision

    Degree of satisfactory improvement in vision (possible answers are: a) worse, b) unchanged, c) unsatisfactory improved, d) satisfactory improved, e) good to very good improved)

    Time frame: 1 day after surgery

  34. Patient-Perceived Satisfactory Improvement in Vision

    Degree of satisfactory improvement in vision (possible answers are: a) worse, b) unchanged, c) unsatisfactory improved, d) satisfactory improved, e) good to very good improved)

    Time frame: 1 week after surgery

  35. Patient-Perceived Satisfactory Improvement in Vision

    Degree of satisfactory improvement in vision (possible answers are: a) worse, b) unchanged, c) unsatisfactory improved, d) satisfactory improved, e) good to very good improved)

    Time frame: 1 month after surgery

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Sep 2022; primary completion for Sep 2023, 12 months later.

Of 300 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Cataract, half reached primary completion within 18 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 30. This study's planned 12 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 490 studies reached it within 17 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 28.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 29, 2022
First posted
Aug 5, 2022
StartEst.
Sep 2022
Primary completionEst.
Sep 2023
CompletionEst.
Sep 2023
Last update
Aug 5, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 5, 2022, 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
NCT05489198
Lead sponsor
Amphia Hospital
Responsible party
Nic J. Reus, MD, PhD (Principal Investigator, Amphia Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 5, 2022
Start date
Sep 2022 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 5, 2022

Study contacts

Nic J. Reus, MD, PhD
Contact
nreus@amphia.nl
+31765952239
Nic J. Reus, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Amphia Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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