purpose:detremination of finasteride effect as a treatment for chronic and recurrent central serous retinopathy(CSC) in patients refer to Baghaeepour polyclinic ,Shaheed Sadoughi hospital
study design:before-after,non-randomized,single-center,prospective, uncontrolled, unmasked
sample: patients refer to Baghaeepour polyclinic ,Shahid Sadoughi hospital
inclusion criteria:patients with chronic CSCR, which was defined in this study as 1) the presence of subretinal fluid, as determined by spectraldomain OCT;2)the subretinal fluid must have been present for at least 3 months or there was a recurrence of subretinal fluid in ipsilateral eye within the past 3 months.
exclusion criteria:corticosteroid use,CNV or other ocular disease that disturb the study outcome,pregnant and nursery women
sample size:30
intervention:finasteride tablet 5mg /daily up to 3 months
outcome measurement:best corrected visual acuity, center-subfield thickness ,central subretinal fluid