Sahebjada, Srujana
Chan, Elsie
Sutton, Gerard
Pang, Chi Pui Calvin
Hodge, Christopher
Chong, Elaine W.
Zemani-Fodil, Faouzia
Wiffen, Steve
Snibson, Grant
Morlet, Nigel
Samarawickrama, Chameen
Males, John
Mills, Richard
Beckingsale, Peter
Burdon, Kathryn
Jhanji, Vishal
Krishna, Pravin
Chan, Colin
Tenen, Abi
Roufas, Athena
Huynh, Tess
Vajpayee, Rasik
Gupta, Aanchal
Silva, Marcelo Reyes
Zarei, Mehran
Kumaran, Senthil
Huang, Guofu
Seitz, Berthold
Ren, Shengwei
McGhee, Charles
Barker, Nigel
Kerdraon, Yves
Natarajan, Sundaram
Meteoukki, Wafaa
Ang, Andrea
Daniell, Mark
Baird, Paul N.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Angior Family Foundation
Keratoconus Australia
Perpetual Impact Philanthropy grant
Lions Eye Foundation Fellowship
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1187763)
NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (1138585)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2022
Accepted: 16 July 2023
First Online: 27 July 2023
Declarations
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: The Study protocol was approved by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Human Research and Ethics Committee for all sites in Victoria, Australia (Project#10/954H) (Parts 1–3). This protocol follows the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and all privacy requirements were met. All non-Australian sites obtained their own approvals through their respective ethics/IRB committees, which includes consent to share data to facilitate collaborative projects.A waiver of informed consent approved by Melbourne Health Human Research and Ethics Committee obtained (Reference number: HREC/45365/MH-2018) for the collection of clinical data in Part 1 as it consisted of standard clinical data obtained during a general eye consultation for patients diagnosed with and without corneal conditions. For the questionnaires in Part 2, verbal informed consent was obtained prior to their completion. This was also approved by the Melbourne Health Human Research and Ethics Committee (Reference number: HREC/45365/MH-2018) to conduct the project at multiple centres across Australia.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.