Pilot and feasibility studies in ophthalmology: fundamental keys to success

Affiliations

• ¹ McMaster University, Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
• ² McMaster University, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
• ³ Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health; National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
• ⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
• ⁵ Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
• ⁶ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
• ⁷ Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
• ⁸ Bioscience Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁹ Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, UK.
• ¹⁰ Augenarztpraxisgemeinschaft Gutblick AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland.
• ¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ¹² Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
• ¹³ Retina Consultants of Texas (Retina Consultants of America), Houston, TX, USA.
• ¹⁴ Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
• ¹⁵ McMaster University, Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Hamilton, ON, Canada. vchaudh@mcmaster.ca.
• ¹⁶ McMaster University, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Hamilton, ON, Canada. vchaudh@mcmaster.ca.