Green light therapy fights blinding eye infections
NCT ID NCT05110001
Summary
This study tested whether adding a special light treatment to standard medications helps people with serious eye infections see better. It involved 330 adults in India and Brazil who had moderate to severe vision loss from fungal or amoeba infections. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either standard eye drops alone or the same drops plus a treatment where a dye called rose bengal is activated with green light.
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Locations
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Aravind Eye Care System
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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