Clinical trials: Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery
Cataract
Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery Among Adults in LA County
A multi-disciplinary intervention will reduce inappropriate preoperative testing for cataract surgery. Despite multiple rigorous randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses showing that pre-operative testing for cataract…
- Trial name
- CW-CATARACT (NCT03253874)
- Testing
- No Pre-Op Testing for Cataract Surgeries
- Volunteers
- 1,798 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery
Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Low-Value Care
There is strong consensus - based on robust randomized trial data - that routine pre-operative (pre-op) testing for cataract surgery is inappropriate.
- Trial name
- NCT04104256
- Testing
- Nudge #1: Alert highlighting the safety/potential harms to patients of undergoing pre-op tests, Nudge #2: Alert highlighting the financial harms to the patient experiencing pre-op tests, Nudge #3: Alert highlighting potential psychological harms to the patient of experiencing pre-op tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,045 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles