# Trial Comparing Cataract Surgery With Triple-DMEK in Patients With Cataract and Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

> **NCT06425666** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of Cologne** · enrollment: 120 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Cataract Surgery
- Cataract and Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intervention group /arm 1 (Cataract surgery alone)
- **PROCEDURE:** Control group /arm 2: Corneal transplantation as Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) in combination with cataract surgery (triple-DMEK)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06425666
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Cologne
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-01-24
- **Primary completion:** 2026-03
- **Final completion:** 2026-06
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-21

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06425666

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06425666, "Trial Comparing Cataract Surgery With Triple-DMEK in Patients With Cataract and Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06425666. Licensed CC0.

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