Brief Title
Micropulse Diode Laser Treatment for Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Official Title
Micropulse Diode Laser Treatment for Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Evaluation by Fundus Autofluorescence and Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and therapeutic response to micropulse diode 810nm laser treatment in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.
Detailed Description
Most of the cases of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) recur spontaneously within three months of disease. After 3 months without resolution of acute CSC or in chronic CSC, continuous wave laser photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy should be considered. Direct threshold continuous photocoagulation treatment can shorten the duration of the serous detachment, but it is not appropriate for juxtafoveal or subfoveal leakage point.Subvisible photocoagulation potentially localizes and decreases chorioretinal thermic burn. Subthreshold diode micropulse (SDM) laser using a 810nm diode laser may spare the damage to the neural retina by raising the temperature of the RPE to just below the protein-denaturation threshold so that the thermal wave that reaches the neural retina is insufficient to cause neither damage nor clinically visible end-point. This therapeutic laser modality offers the possibility to minimize the iatrogenic retinal lesion.
Study Type
Interventional
Primary Outcome
Best corrected visual acuity
Secondary Outcome
Macular subretinal fluid
Condition
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Intervention
Subthreshold diode micropulse laser
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Subthreshold diode micropulse laser
Description: Subthreshold diode micropulse laser in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy
Publications
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Procedure
Estimated Enrollment
15
Start Date
November 2008
Completion Date
June 2010
Primary Completion Date
December 2009
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: - Chronic active central serous chorioretinopathy lasting more than 6 months - Leakage at fluorescein angiogram Exclusion Criteria: - Opacities of the clear refractive media of the eye - Any intraocular surgery within the 6 months prior to study entry - Prior vitrectomy
Gender
All
Ages
18 Years - 70 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
Fernanda P Magalhaes, MD, ,
Location Countries
Brazil
Location Countries
Brazil
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT01327170
Organization ID
SDMCCSC-FM
Study Sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo
Study Sponsor
Fernanda P Magalhaes, MD, Principal Investigator, Federal University of São Paulo
Verification Date
March 2011