Orthokeratology for Keratoconus

Hadassah Medical Organization30 enrolled

Overview

To investigate a possible benefit of Orthokeratology contact lenses to improve uncorrected visual acuity of keratoconus patients

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Wearing Orthokeratology lens in one eye of a keratoconus patient

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Moderate Keratoconus * No apical scars Exclusion Criteria: * Advanced Keratoconus * Apical scaring * Contact lens intolerance

: Hadassah Medical Organization,

Jerusalem, Israel

Uncorrected Visual acuity

Time frame: After 1 month

Amount of change in corneal video-topography

Time frame: At one month

David Landau, MD

CONTACT

Boris Savernski, OD

CONTACT

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