CORRECTION OF NEONATAL MONOCULAR APHAKIA WITH IOLS
Project Number5R01EY008544-06
Former Number1R01EY008737-01A1
Contact PI/Project LeaderLAMBERT, SCOTT R
Awardee OrganizationEMORY UNIVERSITY
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Abstract Text
Monocular congenital cataracts are usually associated with a poor visual
outcome. Factors which continue to limit the visual rehabilitation of
these eyes after cataract removal include the less than ideal optical
correction of the induced aphakia and amblyopia.
This research project is a controlled study using a non-human primate
model to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treating infants that have
monocular congenital cataracts with intraocular lenses (IOLs). Its major
objectives are to assess the effect of this treatment modality on: (1)
visual acuity and contrast sensitivity using operant testing; (2) ocular
growth; (3) long-term ocular complications evaluated clinically and
histopathologically; and (4) neuroanatomical changes in the
geniculostriate system using cytochrome oxidase histochemistry and
parvalbumin and GABA immunoreactivity. These effects are being assessed
in groups of monkeys who are monocularly pseudophakic: 2 groups with
monofocal IOLs, 2 groups with multifocal IOLs, and 1 group of monkeys
treated with a new paradigm (i.e., a higher powered multifocal IOL with
no additional optical correction of the pseudophakic eye or occlusion
therapy of the fellow eye). One of the two monofocal IOL groups and one
of the two multifocal IOL groups also receive occlusion therapy of the
fellow eye. Correlations between clinical, behavioral and
neuroanatomical outcomes will be assessed and compared across the
treatment groups.
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