Clinical Trials Supported by the National Eye Institute: Evaluating New Approaches to the Treatment of Eye and Vision Disorders

摘要

The document concerns new and alternative treatment of eye disease or injury and present trial descriptions arranged according to their relevance to the following five National Eye Institute (NEI) disease-oriented programs, each of which encompasses a wide range of basic and applied research related to a number of eye and visual disorders: Retinal Diseases, Corneal Diseases, Cataract, Glaucoma, Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Visual Processing. Information is provided on each trial's purpose and background, and its major design features are described. Also included are the study's patient eligibility criteria, patient recruitment and study status, summary of results to date, and bibliography, when available. In addition, the booklet provides the names of professional and institutional participants, the study chairman/co-chairmen, clinical centers, resource centers (e.g., coordinating centers and fundus photograph reading centers), data and safety monitoring committee members, and the NEI representative. A bibliography of articles resulting from four completed NEI-sponsored trials, and indices of investigators and institutions are listed at the end of the booklet.