Status:

COMPLETED

Intraocular Pressure Control Following One Site Versus Two Site Combined Phacoemulsification/IOL And Trabeculectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Lahey Clinic

Conditions:

Glaucoma

Cataracts

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety \& effectiveness of the two types of cataract and glaucoma surgeries. Results from this study may improve the surgical and post surgical management a...

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a Two-Site Technique for the Combined Procedure for subjects with coexisting visually significant glaucoma \& cataracts will result in an improvement ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Meet the current criteria for combined procedure surgery:
  • A visually significant cataract(ie: an opacification of the crystalline lens resulting in a reduction of visual performance affecting daily living
  • Open angle or mixed mechanism glaucoma inadequately controlled on current therapy, or requiring two or more medications for control, or with advanced visual field and optic nerve damage.

Exclusion

  • Subjects with normal tension glaucoma(defined as those subjects in whom no IOPs greater than 21 mm Hg\[preceding or during therapy\]have been recorded)
  • Subjects with uveitis
  • Subjects with neovascular glaucoma
  • Severe conjunctival inflammation or scarring
  • Subjects who have had previous incisional ocular surgery in the same eye
  • No subjects will have second eye operated on within 8 weeks of the first eye

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 1998

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

95 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00695747

Start Date

January 1 1998

End Date

January 1 2009

Last Update

January 22 2009

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Lahey Clinic, Inc.

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States, 01805