ReportAntioxidant Vitamins for Cataracts: 15-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Trial
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2022, American Journal of OphthalmologyCitation Excerpt :The inclusion and exclusion criteria, examination techniques, and data collection methods of the trial have been detailed elsewhere.18 Neither the trial nor the follow-up demonstrated benefits of vitamin supplementation.17,19 Prospective ethical approval for the clinical trial and 15-year follow-up was obtained from the University of California San Francisco and Aravind Eye Hospital; ethical approval for this secondary analysis was obtained from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
Supported by the Francis I. Proctor Foundation’s South Asia Research Fund; Aravind Eye Hospital’s Lions International Aravind Community Outreach Center; the Peierls Foundation; the Jack and DeLoris Lange Foundation; the Harper-Inglis Trust; That Man May See; and Research to Prevent Blindness. The sponsor or funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
HUMAN SUBJECTS: Human subjects were included in this study. The human ethics committees at the University of California, San Francisco, and Aravind Eye Hospital approved the study. All research adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided informed consent.
No animal subjects were used in this study.
Author Contributions:
Conception and design: Srinivasan, Ravindran, Kim, Wilkins, Whitcher, Lietman, Gritz, Keenan
Data collection: Srinivasan, Ravindran, O’Brien, Kim, Wilkins, Whitcher, Lietman, Gritz, Keenan
Analysis and interpretation: Srinivasan, Lietman, Gritz, Keenan
Obtained funding: Whitcher, Gritz
Overall responsibility: Srinivasan, Ravindran, O’Brien, Kim, Wilkins, Whitcher, Lietman, Gritz, Keenan