Cataract Removal and Alzheimer's Disease
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Official title
Therapeutic Effects of Cataract Removal in Alzheimer's Disease
Brief summary
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Two very common aging-related diseases in older adults are Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cataracts. In elderly adults, these two diseases frequently occur in the same person. Although a cure for AD is currently unavailable, cataracts can be effectively treated with surgery in most people. The removal of cataracts has documented benefits for visual performance and for reducing accidents and falls. However, it has been the experience of the ophthalmologists, and others in the field, that patients, caregivers, and primary care doctors are reluctant to proceed with cataract surgery once an individual is given the diagnosis of AD. It is thought that cataract surgery will not improve the AD patient's quality of life, vision, and cognition. The investigators have designed this study to determine whether or not this is true.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00921297
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 122 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years to 90 Years
- 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
- May 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Mar 29, 2017
- Completion
- Mar 29, 2017
- Last update posted
- Nov 8, 2017
2009 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Case Medical Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106 | — |
| MetroHealth Medical Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44109 | — |
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