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