None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Dr Mohan Shruti Ramanujam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: 1. Siblings of patients diagnosed with clinical keratoconus 2. Age 6-40 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria: (both patients and siblings) 1. Persons who are not willing to give an informed written consent or those for whom parents are unwilling to give written informed consent. 2. Patients who have previously undergone keratorefractive surgery since the corneal topography will be altered. 3. Patients who have previously undergone collagen cross linking. This procedure leads to warping of corneal topography and such patients will most likely already have been diagnosed with keratoconus. 4. Persons in whom performing corneal topography mapping is not possible eg: Corneal scar or those who do not cooperate or are too young to cooperate for corneal topography.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Corneal topographic abnormalities and patterns seen in siblings of patients with keratoconus 2. Prevalence of keratoconus and suspected keratoconus in siblings of patients with keratoconus 3. Documentation and analysis of the various expressions of keratoconus including forme fruste keratoconus.Timepoint: 1 year 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NilTimepoint: Nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMohan Shruti Ramanujam
Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology
Outcome results
None listed