The Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Decompression Trial (IONDT): Design and methods

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-296

  Kennerdell, John ^a   Tyutyunikov, Anna ^a   Edwards, Russell ^a   Goodglick, Todd ^a   Lang, Deborah ^a   Peele, Kimberly ^a   Chung, Sophia ^b   Knaup, Patty ^b   Mekelburg, Diana ^b   Holds, John ^b   Selhorst, John ^b   Malton, Mark ^c   Armstrong, Sonia ^c   McCracken, Yvonne ^c   Benjamin, Eugene ^c   Dellinger, Carol ^c   Medlin, Traci Hunter ^c   Kinsler, Barbara ^c   McOwen, Mike ^c   Russell, Donna ^c   Saunders, Timothy ^c   Kosmorsky, Gregory ^d   Kiss, Tina ^d   Reinhard, Cate ^d   Edgerton, Janet ^d   Fecko, Tami ^d   Hanson, Susannah ^d   Kraus, Brian ^d   Ross, Deborah ^d   Tomsak, Nancy ^d   Vargo, Pamela ^d   Walsh, Laura ^d   Willis, Rufus ^d   Feldon, Steven ^e   Levin, Lori ^e   Zimmerman, Kerry ^e   Anderson, Kristin ^e   Cortez, Richard ^e   DeBlanc, Karen ^e   Hulse, Judy ^e   Morales, Richard ^e   Nichols, Tracy ^e   Reyes, Lillian ^e   Rodarte Ochoa, Nadine ^e   Romo, Daniel ^e   Sadun, Alfredo ^e   Steber, Mary ^e   Walonker, Frances ^e   Newman, Nancy J ^f   Loupe, Donna ^f   Coffman, Diana ^f   Cole, Harvey ^f   Wojno, Ted ^f   Skarf, Barry ^g   Wojtala, Colleen ^g   Croswell, Mark ^g   Gilroy, Wendy ^g   Mageli, Christian ^g   McDonald, Dena ^g   Ponka, George ^g   Tang, Rosa ^h   Hamlin, Melissa ^h   Curtis, Jewel ^h   Hyde, Kenneth ^h   Mack, Kirk ^h   Tello, Portia ^h   Arnold, Anthony ⁱ   Mullen, Margaret ⁱ   Cibener, Bernice ⁱ   Vega, Melody ⁱ   Ballenberg, Bobbi ⁱ   Bolton, Anne ⁱ   Garcia, Jesus ⁱ   Goldberg, Robert ⁱ   Gordon, Lynn ⁱ   Heneghan, Michael ⁱ   Krauss, Howard ⁱ   Sanguinet, Jackie ⁱ   Stalling, Robert ⁱ   Yadegaran, Jenja ⁱ   Cornblath, Wayne ^j   Michael, Barbara ^j   Campbell, Donna ^j   Caudill, Cheryl ^j   Nelson, Christine ^j   Trobe, Jonathan ^j   Johnson, Lenworth N ^k   Baker, Gaye ^k   Cobb, Coy ^k   Custer, Philip ^k   Turner, Sharon ^k   Wilson, Roy ^k   Younge, Brian ^l   Leavitt, Jacqueline ^l   Nielsen, Rebecca ^l   Allen, Jody ^l   Eickhoff, Barbara ^l   Garrity, James ^l   Ladsten, Jacqueline ^l   Lebarron, Kathleen ^l   Link, Thomas ^l   Rostvold, Jay ^l   Weber, Karen ^l   Felton, Warren ^m   Oliver, Tracy ^m   Smith, Sylvia ^m   Gabriel, Danielle ^m   David, Daniel ^m   Fendelander, Lahn ^m   Geller, Daniel ^m   Jordan, Timothy ^m   Kim, Christian ^m   Munger, Craig ^m   Romandy, Jo Anne ^m   Sanborn, George ^m   Schwartz, Bradley ^m   Sheusi, Carl ^m   Smith, Constance ^m   Talley, Kathy ^m   Thimmappa, Sandya ^m   Kaufman, David ⁿ   Eggenberger, Eric ⁿ   Bickert, Suzanne ⁿ   Granadier, Robert ^n,y   Holliday, Sandra ⁿ   Moore, Thomas ⁿ   Varadarajan, Jaya ⁿ   Friedman, Deborah ^o   Jones, Patricia ^o   Amin, Haris ^o   Bersani, Thomas ^o   Briglin, Cynthia ^o   Fooks, James ^o   Graham, Michael ^o   James, Milton ^o   Michalec, Gary ^o   Nguyen, Hoang ^o   Horton, Jonathan ^p   Chang, Maeve ^p   Aber, Lou Anne ^p   Lindstrom, Erik ^p   Seiff, Stuart ^p   Guy, John ^q   Zam, Z Suzanne ^q   Francis, Amye ^q   Hamed, Latif ^q   Lessner, Alan ^q   McDavid, Donna ^q   Shamis, Diana ^q   Goodwin, James ^r   Lindeman, Martin E ^r   Sullivan, Erlinda ^r   Bobak, Phyllis ^r   Putterman, Allen ^r   Baker, Robert ^s   Beck, Judy ^s   Cowen, David ^s   Epstein, Avom ^s   Hanson, Michael ^s   Scoggins, Toni ^s   Kelman, Shalom ^t,z   Frank, Charlotte ^t,z   Blake, Andrea ^t,z   Rodavitch, Ann M ^t,z   Gore, Brenda ^t   Heroux, Michelle ^t   Kalsi, Rani ^t   Krauch, Charlene ^t   Millar, Mary Ann ^t   Chalam, Kakarla ^u   Wolin, Mitchell ^u   Munn, Beth ^u   Brady, Rita Jean ^u   Hansen, Regina ^u   Briggs, Michael ^u   Danner, Barbara ^u   Simons, Beverly ^u   Stewart, Anne ^u   Digre, Kathleen ^v   Erickson, Jodi ^v   Malmquist Webb, Lizbeth ^v   Blackburn, Terrell ^v   Baggaley, Susan ^v   Anderson, Richard ^v   Juarez, Charles ^v   Kaye, Bonnie ^v   Langer, Paul ^v   Mishra, Aditya ^v   Morris, Paula ^v   Osborn, Sandra ^v   Patel, Bhupendra ^v   Staker, Sandra ^v   Warner, Judith ^v   Newman, Steven ^w   Evans, Christine ^w   Aylor, Allison ^w   Childress, Carolyn ^w   Dickerson, Helen ^w   Fleming, Jane ^w   Harris, Nomine ^w   Hoyle, L Sharon ^w   Murphy, Ellen ^w   Scott, James ^w   Small, Terri ^w   Summerville, Karen ^w   Terrell, Mariann ^w   Tyler, Lillian ^w   Lindberg, John ^x   Ellis, Brian ^x   Breen, Lenore ^x   Michael, Michelle ^x   Campbell, Charlene ^x   Groves, Nancy ^x   Hobson, Robert ^x   McGregor, Gordon ^x   Shepherd, Laura ^x   Cohn, Edward ^y   Cumming, Kristi ^y   Manatrey, Patricia ^y   Casey, Sara ^y   Johnson, John ^y   Kronner, Coletti ^y   Regan, Virginia ^y   Streasick, Patricia ^y   Elman, Michael ^z   Metzel, Deborah ^z   Hooper, Frank ^z   Scherer, Roberta ^z   Crawley, Barbara ^z   Hiner, Cheryl ^z   Howard, Lucy ^z   Langenberg, Patricia ^z   Lurye, Olga ^z   Masiero, Janet ^z   McCarter, Robert ^z   Riedel, Sara ^z   Sotos, Michelle ^z   Spioch, Laureen ^z   Starr, Joan ^z   Urban, Judy ^z   Waring, Mark ^z   Wilson, P David ^z   Everett, Donald ^aa   Fisher, Marian ^ab   Aitken, Phil ^ab   Beck, Roy ^ab   LaCroix, Andrea ^ab   Lessell, Simmons ^ab   MacLean, Reverend Kenneth ^ab   more..

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^x WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ab National Eye Institute ^*

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Author keywords

Ischemic; Methods; Ophthalmology; Optic neuropathy; Random allocation; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 7144222760     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0197-2456(98)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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