Study of Surgical Procedures for Treatment of Persistent Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction in Children < 4 Years Old
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Official title
A Prospective Study of Surgical Procedures for the Treatment of Persistent Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction in Children Less Than Four Years Old
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is: * To report the success proportions for the treatment of persistent nasolacrimal duct obstruction for three surgical procedures: balloon catheter dilation, nasolacrimal intubation, and simple probing. * To obtain descriptive data regarding symptoms and quality of life in patients receiving each type of surgical procedure, and to compare success proportions between patients undergoing balloon catheter dilation and those undergoing nasolacrimal intubation.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00315315
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 194 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Nasolacrimal balloon catheter dilation Procedure
- Nasolacrimal intubation Procedure
- Nasolacrimal duct probing Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 6 Months to 47 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2005
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2008
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2008
- Last update posted
- May 16, 2012
2005 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmer Eye Institute | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287-9028 | — |
| Family Eye Clinic | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | 17601 | — |
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- Last update posted May 16, 2012 · Synced Sep 24, 2026
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