Table 5.

Characteristics of studies awaiting assessment [ordered by study ID]

Sivagnanavel 2004
Methods	Prospective, double masked, randomised controlled trial at King’s College Hospital, London, UK
Participants	People with subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation from age-related macular degeneration in 1 eye and significant drusen (> 5 large drusen or > 20 small drusen) in the fellow eye
Interventions	Drusen photocoagulation by means of diode laser using large spot size, low energy and long duration (4200 μm × 400 mW × 60 seconds); control group received sham treatment (laser with no energy)
Outcomes	Fundus changes measured with photography, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and colour contrast sensitivity recorded every 3 months
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