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Active, not recruitingNCT05875909Updated May 25, 2023

Corneal Flap Transplantation for Macular Hole Repair of High Myopia

An interventional study of corneal flap transplantation in Retinal Perforations and Myopia, Degenerative, sponsored by First People's Hospital of Hangzhou. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-25.

Sponsored by First People's Hospital of Hangzhou · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
  • Registered 1 year 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2022, registered May 2023).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about an innovative surgical technique for macular hole repair. This technique is for patients with high myopia using pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with corneal flap transplantation. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Is the innovative surgical technique useful for patients?
  • Is the surgical technique safe for patients?

Participants will:

  • Undergo PPV combined with corneal flap transplantation to cover the macular hole.
  • Maintain a prone position for 2 weeks postoperatively.
  • Be observed by visual acuity, slit lamp, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus photography for 1 year after surgery.
Read the detailed description

We describe an innovative surgical technique for macular hole repair using pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with corneal flap transplantation. The corneal flap was sealed with autologous blood. The vitreous cavity was then filled with perfluoropropane (C3F8) or sterile air.

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Conditions studied

  • Retinal Perforations
  • Myopia, Degenerative

Keywords

  • corneal flap transplantation
  • femtosecond laser small incision lenticule extraction
  • macular hole
  • surgical technique
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In context

Retinal Perforations

139 studies on the registry are indexed under Retinal Perforations; 22 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 50 across 94 interventional studies indexed under Retinal Perforations.

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Lead sponsor

First People's Hospital of Hangzhou is the lead sponsor of 73 studies on the registry; 28 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with macular hole and retinal detachment caused by pathologic myopia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with previous retinal surgery, trauma, other ocular diseases that could affect the vision, for example choroidal neovascularization, diabetic retinopathy, or opaque corneas were excluded.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    corneal flap transplantation

    Patients with macular holes underwent a 25-gauge, 3-port pars plana vitrectomy . Fluid-air exchange was performed in patients with pathologic myopia suffering from macular holes with retinal detachment. We used a flute needle to drain the subretinal fluid. A corneal flap was obtained by small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Stripping pliers were applied to spread corneal flap over the macular hole. A drop of fresh autologous whole blood was dripped over the corneal flap to immobilise it. The vitreous cavity was filled with 14% perfluoropropane (C3F8) for macular holes with retinal detachment . The surgical incision was self-closed or sutured with a 6-0 polyglactin 910 suture . The patients were instructed to maintain a prone position for 2 weeks postoperatively.

    Procedure: corneal flap transplantation

Interventions

  • Procedurecorneal flap transplantation

    Patients with macular holes underwent a 25-gauge, 3-port pars plana vitrectomy . Fluid-air exchange was performed in patients with pathologic myopia suffering from macular holes with retinal detachment. We used a flute needle to drain the subretinal fluid. A corneal flap was obtained by small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Stripping pliers were applied to spread corneal flap over the macular hole. A drop of fresh autologous whole blood was dripped over the corneal flap to immobilise it. The vitreous cavity was filled with 14% perfluoropropane (C3F8) for macular holes with retinal detachment . The surgical incision was self-closed or sutured with a 6-0 polyglactin 910 suture . The patients were instructed to maintain a prone position for 2 weeks postoperatively.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. best-corrected visual acuity

    the best-corrected visual acuity of the patients after surgery

    Time frame: one month to one year after surgery

  2. complications

    inflammation, infection, rejection reaction, ocular hypertension, ocular hypotension, recrudescent macular hole, parafoveal atrophy, corrugations or irregularities, choroidal neovascularisation, retinal detachment, cystoid macular oedema, reactive pigment epithelial hyperplasia, displacement, or opacification of the corneal flap

    Time frame: one month to one year after surgery

  3. closure of the macular holes

    closure of the macular holes observed using optical coherence tomography

    Time frame: one month to one year after surgery

  4. reattachment of the retina

    reattachment of the retina observed using optical coherence tomography

    Time frame: one month to one year after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Zhu K, Lei B, Wong W, Zhang J, Guo Y, Chen H, Song F, Chang Q, Xu G, Zhang Y. COMPARISON OF THE INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE INSERTION TECHNIQUE AND THE INVERTED INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FLAP TECHNIQUE WITH VITRECTOMY TO TREAT MACULAR HOLE-ASSOCIATED RETINAL DETACHMENT. Retina. 2021 Jan 1;41(1):37-44. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002804. PubMed 32310627 ↗
  • Ling L, Liu Y, Zhou B, Gao F, Hu Z, Tian M, Xing Y, Ji K, Sun T, Zhou W. Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap Technique versus Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for Vitrectomy in Highly Myopic Eyes with Macular Hole-Induced Retinal Detachment: An Updated Meta-Analysis. J Ophthalmol. 2020 Aug 24;2020:2374650. doi: 10.1155/2020/2374650. eCollection 2020. PubMed 32908680 ↗
  • Peng J, Chen C, Zhang H, Zhang L, Liu J, Ren J, Zhao P. LONG-TERM SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF LENS CAPSULAR FLAP TRANSPLANTATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY MACULAR HOLE. Retina. 2021 Apr 1;41(4):726-734. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002922. PubMed 32732611 ↗
  • Yadav NK, Venkatesh R, Thomas S, Pereira A, Shetty KB. Novel Method of Plugging the Hole: Anatomical and Functional Outcomes of Human Amniotic Membrane-Assisted Macular Hole Surgery. J Curr Ophthalmol. 2020 Dec 12;32(4):361-367. doi: 10.4103/JOCO.JOCO_189_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec. PubMed 33553838 ↗
  • Takeuchi J, Kataoka K, Shimizu H, Tomita R, Kominami T, Ushida H, Kaneko H, Ito Y, Terasaki H. INTRAOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE MONITORING OF AUTOLOGOUS NEUROSENSORY RETINAL FLAP TRANSPLANTATION FOR A REFRACTORY MACULAR HOLE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MYOPIA. Retina. 2021 May 1;41(5):921-930. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003000. PubMed 33079787 ↗
  • Chen SN, Yang CM. Perfluorocarbon Liquid-Assisted Neurosensory Retinal Free Flap for Complicated Macular Hole Coexisting with Retinal Detachment. Ophthalmologica. 2019;242(4):222-233. doi: 10.1159/000502443. Epub 2019 Sep 18. PubMed 31533121 ↗
  • Tsai DC, Huang YH, Chen SJ. Parafoveal atrophy after human amniotic membrane graft for macular hole in patients with high myopia. Br J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jul;105(7):1002-1010. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315603. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PubMed 32737034 ↗
  • Li M, Tang J, Jia Z, Yao Y, Jin E, Wang Z, Hu J, Sun G, Yin H, Liang J, Li X, Jiang Y, Qu J, Zhao M. Long-term follow-up of primary silicone oil tamponade for retinal detachment secondary to macular hole in highly myopic eyes: a prognostic factor analysis. Eye (Lond). 2021 Feb;35(2):625-631. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0922-0. Epub 2020 May 6. PubMed 32376975 ↗
  • Lyu J, Xia F, Zhao P. Intraoperative Perfluorocarbon Liquid Tamponade Technique for Treatment of Extensive Retinal Detachment Secondary to a Myopic Macular Hole. Retina. 2023 Apr 1;43(4):698-704. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003429. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PubMed 35174806 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The data will be used as part of other studies.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 25, 2023, 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
NCT05875909
Lead sponsor
First People's Hospital of Hangzhou
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 25, 2023
Start date
Feb 23, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
May 25, 2023

Study contacts

Yongping Hu, MD
study chair · Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Oversight

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