Clinical trial NCT00521898: Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
Official title: Prospective Clinical Study on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
Keywords: Corneal transplantation, Descemet membrane
Lead sponsor: Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Amnitrans Eyebank Rotterdam
First posted: 2007-08-28
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To evaluate isolated Descemet membrane transplantation as a refinement of previous advanced techniques for corneal transplantation, like Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)

Detailed description: See above.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Corneal endothelial disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

* N/A

Primary outcomes:
measure: Best spectacle corrected visual acuity
timeFrame: 2005-2015
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Corneal endothelial cell density
timeFrame: 2005-2015
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rotterdam
country: Netherlands
facility: Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery
Study officials:
affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery
name: Gerrit R Melles, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Birbal RS, Baydoun L, Ham L, Miron A, van Dijk K, Dapena I, Jager MJ, Bohringer S, Oellerich S, Melles GRJ. Effect of Surgical Indication and Preoperative Lens Status on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Apr;212:79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.12.011. Epub 2019 Dec 18.
citation: Birbal RS, Ni Dhubhghaill S, Bourgonje VJA, Hanko J, Ham L, Jager MJ, Bohringer S, Oellerich S, Melles GRJ. Five-Year Graft Survival and Clinical Outcomes of 500 Consecutive Cases After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty. Cornea. 2020 Mar;39(3):290-297. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002120.
citation: Rodriguez-Calvo-de-Mora M, Quilendrino R, Ham L, Liarakos VS, van Dijk K, Baydoun L, Dapena I, Oellerich S, Melles GR. Clinical outcome of 500 consecutive cases undergoing Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Ophthalmology. 2015 Mar;122(3):464-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Oct 22.
citation: Vasiliauskaite I, Oellerich S, Ham L, Dapena I, Baydoun L, van Dijk K, Melles GRJ. Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: Ten-Year Graft Survival and Clinical Outcomes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep;217:114-120. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 Apr 10.
citation: Melles GR, Ong TS, Ververs B, van der Wees J. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Cornea. 2006 Sep;25(8):987-90. doi: 10.1097/01.ico.0000248385.16896.34.
citation: Melles GR. Posterior lamellar keratoplasty: DLEK to DSEK to DMEK. Cornea. 2006 Sep;25(8):879-81. doi: 10.1097/01.ico.0000243962.60392.4f. No abstract available.
citation: Dirisamer M, Yeh RY, van Dijk K, Ham L, Dapena I, Melles GR. Recipient endothelium may relate to corneal clearance in descemet membrane endothelial transfer. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug;154(2):290-296.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.032. Epub 2012 May 23.
citation: Naveiras M, Dirisamer M, Parker J, Ham L, van Dijk K, Dapena I, Melles GR. Causes of glaucoma after descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 May;153(5):958-966.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.10.003. Epub 2012 Jan 28.
citation: Dirisamer M, van Dijk K, Dapena I, Ham L, Oganes O, Frank LE, Melles GR. Prevention and management of graft detachment in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Mar;130(3):280-91. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.343. Epub 2011 Nov 14.
citation: Dirisamer M, Ham L, Dapena I, Moutsouris K, Droutsas K, van Dijk K, Frank LE, Oellerich S, Melles GR. Efficacy of descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: clinical outcome of 200 consecutive cases after a learning curve of 25 cases. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov;129(11):1435-43. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.195. Epub 2011 Jul 11.
citation: Dirisamer M, Dapena I, Ham L, van Dijk K, Oganes O, Frank LE, van der Wees J, Melles GR. Patterns of corneal endothelialization and corneal clearance after descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty for fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2011 Oct;152(4):543-555.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.03.031. Epub 2011 Jul 2.
citation: Dapena I, Ham L, Moutsouris K, Melles GR. Incidence of recipient Descemet membrane remnants at the donor-to-stromal interface after descemetorhexis in endothelial keratoplasty. Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Dec;94(12):1689-90. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2010.186189. Epub 2010 Aug 1. No abstract available.
citation: Dapena I, Ham L, van Luijk C, van der Wees J, Melles GR. Back-up procedure for graft failure in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Feb;94(2):241-4. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2009.160945. Epub 2009 Aug 26.
citation: Ham L, van Luijk C, Dapena I, Wong TH, Birbal R, van der Wees J, Melles GR. Endothelial cell density after descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: 1- to 2-year follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Oct;148(4):521-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.025. Epub 2009 Jun 25.
citation: Balachandran C, Ham L, Verschoor CA, Ong TS, van der Wees J, Melles GR. Spontaneous corneal clearance despite graft detachment in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;148(2):227-234.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.033. Epub 2009 May 13.
citation: Ham L, Balachandran C, Verschoor CA, van der Wees J, Melles GR. Visual rehabilitation rate after isolated descemet membrane transplantation: descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar;127(3):252-5. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.619.