# Randomized, Non-inferiority Trial Comparing SMILE and LASIK

> **NCT01216475** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Singapore National Eye Centre** · enrollment: 70 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Myopia
- Astigmatism
- Hypermetropia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Femtosecond LASIK
- **PROCEDURE:** Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01216475
- **Lead sponsor:** Singapore National Eye Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2012-02
- **Primary completion:** 2016-11
- **Final completion:** 2017-09
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2016-07-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01216475

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01216475, "Randomized, Non-inferiority Trial Comparing SMILE and LASIK". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01216475. Licensed CC0.

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