Prospective Surveillance Study of Sympathetic Ophthalmia in the UK

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  National Prospective Cohort Study and Surveillance of Sympathetic Ophthalmia in the United Kingdom

• IRAS ID

  225289

• Contact name

  Mahiul MK Muqit

• Contact email

  Mahi.Muqit1@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 6 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This epidemiological study that will aim to establish a current incidence rate for sympathtic ophthalmia. Sympathetic ophthalmia is a condition where the eye becomes inflamed and can result in loss of vision. New cases will be identified through out the UK using the well established British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit yellow card system. This is an observational study and will not impact upon routine patient care. This study will be carried out at one site (Moorfields Eye Hospital, London). Responding ophthalmologists are only required to fill out a data collection proforma seeking clinical information available from the hospital notes of patients who have developed sympathetic ophthalmia. They do not need to carry out any procedures mentioned in the Standard Operating Procedures for ethics committees in the United Kingdom which require a principal investigator to be appointed at each site.

• REC name

  London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/LO/0565

• Date of REC Opinion

  25 Apr 2019

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion