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Trial reportActa ophthalmologica2019

Ultrahigh-resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography for analysis of corneal microarchitecture during wound healing.

Anca Pantalon, Martin Pfister, Valentin Aranha Dos Santos, Sabina Sapeta, Angelika Unterhuber, Niklas Pircher, Gerald Schmidinger, Gerhard Garhöfer, Doreen Schmidl, Leopold Schmetterer and 1 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Acta ophthalmologica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06854393 (Lacripep, a Novel Investigational Agent, for Corneal Wound Healing and Ocular Surface Homeostasis), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06854393 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Lacripep, a Novel Investigational Agent, for Corneal Wound Healing and Ocular Surface Homeostasis

TypeinterventionalSponsorHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military MedicineRan2025 to 2027Enrolled88ConditionsCorneal Epithelial Wound HealingArms0.00025% Lacripep ophthalmic solution and Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of AS-OCT in Managing Corneal Disorders.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  5. Biomedical optics express · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Anca PantalonCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-0751
Martin PfisterCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Valentin Aranha Dos SantosCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sabina SapetaCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Angelika UnterhuberCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Niklas PircherDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gerald SchmidingerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gerhard GarhöferDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Doreen SchmidlDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5664-7768
Leopold SchmettererCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
René M WerkmeisterCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-5714
Medical University of Vienna · ATChristian Doppler Laboratory for Thermoelectricity · ATGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RONational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

Christian Doppler Research AssociationHochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien H-289408/2013The Austrian Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic AffairsThe National Foundation of Research, Technology and Development
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo employ ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) optical coherence tomography (OCT) for investigation of the early wound healing process in corneal epithelium.

methodsA custom-built UHR-OCT system assessed epithelial healing in human keratoconic cornea after epi-off crosslinking (CXL) procedure and a wound healing model in rabbits with iatrogenic corneal injury. 3D OCT data sets enhanced obtaining epithelial thickness maps and evaluation of reepithelization stage. Accompanying changes in deeper corneal microarchitecture were analysed.

resultsThe mean central corneal thickness in 40 eyes with keratoconus at baseline was 482.7 ± 38.2 μm, while mean central epithelial thickness (CET) was 43.8 ± 6.4 μm. At the final visit 20 ± 5 days post-CXL procedure, CET was 35.0 ± 5.8 μm, significantly thinner after reepithelization (p < 0.001). Surgical success was assessed at the final visit through the demarcation line (DL), identified at 43.7 ± 13.5% stromal depth. In rabbits, the mean CET in 20 eyes at baseline was 35.9 ± 2.6 μm. In rabbits that revealed complete wound closure (10/20 eyes) at the last study day at 72 hr, CET was significantly thinner compared to baseline (30.4 ± 2.8 μm versus 35.4 ± 2.9 μm, p = 0.005). An intra-stromal landmark indicating early keratocyte apoptosis was measured at 30.0 ± 5.1% stromal depth. Epithelial thickness maps showed the time-course of corneal healing.

conclusionUltrahigh-resolution (UHR)-OCT provided precise assessment of epithelial wound and its healing by 3D-mapping. In addition, microarchitectural changes in the cornea in early phases of epithelial healing were revealed.

Indexed as

Anterior Eye SegmentCorneal InjuriesImaging, Three-DimensionalKeratoconusTomography, Optical CoherenceWound HealingAnimalsCorneaCorneal TopographyDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansRabbitscorneaepitheliumoptical coherence tomographywound healing

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PMCPMC6767559
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