Temporary conjunctival flap for high risk fungal keratitis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202311888706058

Enrollment

Registered

2023-11-10

Start date

2023-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Eye Diseases fungal keratitis

Interventions

medical treatment for fungal keratitis

temporary conjunctival flab for high risk fungal keratitis

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1-patients with fungal keratitis and positive direct smear 2-high risk of perforation Deep a-involving post 1/3 of corneal stroma ) b-the size of ulcer more than 6 mm c- presence of hypoyon

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1-Superficial small corneal ulcer 2-Previous conjunctival flap or amniotic membrane graft 3-perforated ulcer 4-Mixed infections

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Determine the perforation rate in both groups	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• To detect final BCVA at 3 months • To detect microbiologic cure at 3 wks compared to the baseline • To measure the size of corneal infiltrate and/or scar size at 3 weeks and 3 months . • To measure time to re-epithelialization in both groups	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactMarwa Ahmed Khairy

lecturer of ophthalmology faculty of medicine Zagazig university

marwakhairy@medicine.zu.edu.eg0201111801956

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026