The Complications of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT): rationale, design and methodology
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Trials
- Vol. 1 (1) , 91-107
- https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn007xx
Abstract
Background The Complications of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT) is a randomized clinical trial to evaluate whether prophylactic laser treatment to the retina can prevent the complications of the advanced stage of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible blindness.Keywords
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