Study of Surgical Treatment Versus Observation in Children With Moderate Intermittent Exotropia (SOMIX)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02736526 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2019 by Tao Shen, Sun Yat-sen University.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : April 13, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 4, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Moderate Intermittent Exotropia | Procedure: recession or resection of the horizontal extraocular muscles | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 280 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Long-term Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Study on Surgical Treatment of Moderate Intermittent Exotropia |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2020 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Surgical treatment
The recession or resection of the horizontal extraocular muscles will be processed in the beginning of the trial.
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Procedure: recession or resection of the horizontal extraocular muscles |
No Intervention: Observation only |
- Ocular alignment (Prism alternative cover test) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Binocular stereopsis at distance and near (Random dot stereopsis test) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Newcastle control scores [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- The intermittent exotropia questionnaire [ Time Frame: 5 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 5 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- To correspond the definition of IXT: monocular or binocular alternative exotropia, exodeviation at distance for 15 prism diopters at least, can control the normal ocular alignment, normal ocular movements.
- Simultaneous perception and fusion point in synoptophore, but no normal function of fusion and stereopsis.
- Age at from 5 to 18 years, sex unlimited.
- No treatment for IXT previously (including surgical and non-surgical treatment).
- No amblyopia.
- Signed informed consent form voluntarily.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Accompanied with ocular organic diseases.
- Accompanied with systemic diseases (e.g. nervous system disease).
- Unable to regular follow-up (e.g. from countryside and outlying district).
- Investigators concluded that should be excluded.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02736526
Contact: Tao Shen, M.D. | 86-13824449536 | shentao@mail2.sysu.edu.cn |
China, Guangdong | |
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University | Recruiting |
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510060 | |
Contact: Jianhua Yan, M.D. 86-18922103805 yan2011@tom.com |
Responsible Party: | Tao Shen, M. D., Principal Investigator, Sun Yat-sen University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02736526 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ZX201304 |
First Posted: | April 13, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 4, 2019 |
Last Verified: | April 2019 |
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