# A Trial of Non-absorbable Versus Absorbable Sutures for Trichiasis Surgery

> **NCT00522860** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine** · enrollment: 1300 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Trachomatous Trichiasis
- Trachoma

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Trichiasis surgery with absorbable sutures
- **PROCEDURE:** Trichiasis surgery with non-absorbable sutures

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00522860
- **Lead sponsor:** London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-03
- **Primary completion:** 2010-05
- **Final completion:** 2010-05
- **Target enrollment:** 1300 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-01-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00522860

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00522860, "A Trial of Non-absorbable Versus Absorbable Sutures for Trichiasis Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00522860. Licensed CC0.

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