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Table 2 Specification of endpoints

From: Prophylactic intravitreal 5-fluorouracil and heparin to prevent proliferative vitreoretinopathy in high-risk patients with retinal detachment: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Endpoint

Measurement variable

Analysis metric

Method of aggregation

Time (after initial surgery)

Primary endpoint:

PVR grade CP 1 (or higher)

Full thickness retinal fold ≥1 clock hour

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 12 weeks

Secondary endpoints:

 

-

-

-

PVR grade CP 1 (or higher)

Full thickness retinal fold ≥1 clock hour

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 6 weeks

PVR grade CA 1 (or higher)

Full thickness retinal fold ≥1 clock hour

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 6 weeks and 12 weeks

Degree of PVR

PVR grade (CA 1–12, and/or CP 1–12)

- Value (yes/no)

- Count (clock hours)

- Proportions

- Means

- Within 6 weeks and 12 weeks

Best corrected visual acuity

ETDRS letters

- Count

- Means

- Within 6 weeks and 12 weeks

Retinal re-attachment after primary intervention

Retinal attachment in all 4 quadrants

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 6 weeks and 12 weeks

Number of retinal re-detachments

Number of retinal re-detachments if present, re-detachments due to PVR

- Count (>0)

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 6 weeks and 12 weeks

Number and extent of surgical procedures to achieve retinal attachment

Number of procedures

number of intraoperative procedures

number of serious/ complex procedures

- Count (>0)

- Value (yes/no)

- Proportions

- Within 12 weeks

Occurrence of at least one drug-related adverse event that affects the study eye

Drug-related adverse event that affects the study eye

- Count

- Proportions

- Within 12 weeks

  1. Abbreviations: CA grade C anterior, CP grade C posterior, ETDRS Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, PVR proliferative vitreoretinopathy