FACT

1 November 2018

A Randomised, Single Masked, Non-Inferiority Trial of Femtosecond Laser Assisted vs Manual Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery for Adults with Visually Significant Cataract

Funded by the National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment, FACT is a multi-centre randomised, single masked, non-inferiority trial to compare Femtosecond Laser Assisted and Manual Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery in adults with visually significant cataract.

Computer controlled laser platforms can automate over half the steps currently completed by hand in cataract surgery. The theoretical advantages of laser assisted cataract surgery include greater safety, better vision and potentially lower long-term health costs through greater efficiency and safety.

The trial will inform NHS service providers, commissioners, patients and ophthalmologists about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these two ways of performing cataract surgery and will help to guide the possible introduction of laser assisted cataract surgery in the NHS.

FACT is now closed.

Publications

Day AC, Burr JM, Bennett K, Hunter R, Bunce C, Dor茅 CJ, Nanavaty MA, Balaggan KS, Wilkins MR.聽. Health Technol Assess 2021;25(6).
Day AC, Burr JM,聽Bennett K, Dor茅 CJ,聽Bunce C,聽Hunter R,聽Nanavaty MA, Balaggan KS, Wilkins MR, on behalf of the FACT trial group.聽
Hakim鈥怣oulay Dehbi聽聽David M. Lowe 聽John O'Quigley.聽聽Alexander C.Day PhD; Jennifer M.Burr MD;聽Kate Bennett MSc; Catey Bunce DSc;聽Caroline J.Dor茅 BSc; Gary S.Rubin PhD; Mayank A.Nanavaty PhD; Kamaljit S.Balaggan PhD; Mark R.Wilkins MD.聽.
Alexander C.Day PhD; Jennifer M.Burr MD;聽Kate Bennett MSc; Catey Bunce DSc;聽Caroline J.Dor茅 BSc; Gary S.Rubin PhD; Mayank A.Nanavaty PhD; Kamaljit S.Balaggan PhD; Mark R.Wilkins MD. |聽
Day AC, Burr JM, Bunce C,聽Dor茅 CJ, Sylvestre Y, Wormald RPL,聽Round J,聽McCudden V, Rubin G, Wilkins MR, on behalf of the FACT Group.聽. BMJ Open 2015;聽5:e010381.

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