Caroline Catt, Johanna M Pfeil, Daniel Barthelmes, Glen A Gole, Tim U Krohne, Wei-Chi Wu, Shunji Kusaka, Peiquan Zhao, Shuan Dai, James Elder, Matthias Heckmann, Jacqueline Stack, Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez, Andreas Stahl
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is increasing and treatment options are expanding, often without accompanying safety data. We aimed to define a minimal, patient-centred data set that is feasible to collect in clinical practice and can be used collaboratively to track and compare outcomes of ROP treatment with a view to improving patient outcomes. METHODS: A multinational group of clinicians and a patient representative with expertise in ROP and registry development collaborated to develop a data set that focused on real-world parameters and outcomes that were patient centred, minimal and feasible to collect in routine clinical practice...
September 13, 2023: British Journal of Ophthalmology