RECRUITINGOBSERVATIONAL
Corneal Elastography and Patient Specific Modeling
About This Trial
The goal of this research is to develop measurement tools and simulation technology for characterizing and predicting individual responses to corneal treatments and for advancing understanding of corneal ectasia risk factors. Patients who either 1) have keratoconus and are being evaluated for corneal crosslinking or 2) have refractive error and are being evaluated for refractive surgery procedures such as LASIK will have their eyes imaged to assess their mechanical properties and will have computational simulations performed to predict the response to treatment. One aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that computational models can predict the cornea's shape changes within clinically acceptable limits of error.
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
Who May Qualify:
- Any patient with keratoconus diagnosed by standard criteria, including topographic steepness, irregular astigmatism with a pattern consistent with keratoconus.
- Any patient deemed a candidate for LASIK (laser vision correction) and scheduled for surgery.
Who Should NOT Join This Trial:
- Inability to provide willing to sign a consent form, including non-English speaking (if interpreter not available) and cognitively/mentally impaired (if legal guardian not available).
Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.
Original Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Any patient with keratoconus diagnosed by standard criteria, including topographic steepness, irregular astigmatism with a pattern consistent with keratoconus.
* Any patient deemed a candidate for LASIK (laser vision correction) and scheduled for surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Inability to provide informed consent, including non-English speaking (if interpreter not available) and cognitively/mentally impaired (if legal guardian not available).
Treatments Being Tested
OTHER
Optical coherence tomography
Locations (1)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, Ohio, United States