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Filter by:Glaucoma is a progressive disease resulting in blindness. Determining the onset of the disease, predicting its severity and the benefit of pressure lowering eye drops is key to clinical management aimed at maintaining useful vision with advancing age. This study will longitudinally monitor a population of glaucoma suspects (with positive factors for the disease but with normal vision) with noninvasive pattern electroretinogram (PERG) and other standard eye tests for glaucoma. The PERG measures the function of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) that are the parent neurons of the optic nerve. RGCs may become dysfunctional before dying and their function restored with pressure-lowering eye drops. Glaucoma suspects with abnormal PERG will be randomized to treatment with eye drops, while those with normal PERG will be left untreated. All patients will be monitored with PERG, Optic Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other ancillary tests every 6 months over 4 years.
A. To evaluate the ocular hypotensive efficacy of the rho-kinase Inhibitor (AR-12286 0.5% and 0.7%) ophthalmic solutions in open-angle glaucoma patients with uncontrolled IOP who are facing surgical intervention. Patients will be treated for 6 months in this initial trial. B. To evaluate the efficacy of AR-12286 in enabling treated patients to delay or avoid the necessity of surgical intervention.
A. To evaluate the ocular hypotensive efficacy of the rho-kinase Inhibitor (AR-12286 0.5% and 0.7%) ophthalmic solutions in glaucoma patients with failed prior glaucoma filtering surgery and uncontrolled IOP who are facing further surgical intervention. Patients will be treated for 6 months in this initial trial. B. To evaluate the efficacy of AR-12286 in enabling treated patients to delay or avoid the necessity of further surgical intervention.
To evaluate the ocular hypotensive efficacy of Rho kinase Inhibitor (AR-12286 0.5% and 0.7%) ophthalmic solutions in patients diagnosed with chronic angle-closure glaucoma treated for 6 months. Secondary Outcome Secondary objectives are: 1. To evaluate the early effect of Rho kinase Inhibitor (AR-12286) in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP). 2. To evaluate the long term effect of the drug on IOP. 3. To determine if AR-12286 can be used as directed therapy for CACG, reducing or eliminating the structural blockage of the trabecular meshwork that leads to development of elevated IOP.
The objective of this prospective randomised study is to compare the efficacy and safety of ologen CM (Collagen matrix) as adjunct to combined trabeculotomy-trabecuectomy in congenital glaucoma cases, the efficacy being the primary objective and the safety being the secondary. The investigators hypothesize that combined trabeculotomy-trabecuectomy with Ologen collagen matrix implant implantation in congenital glaucoma is a safer procedure and may yield better results than combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy approach.
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety of the Glaukos® iStent® Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent Model GTS100 in conjunction with cataract surgery vs. cataract surgery only, in subjects with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma.
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. The key to prevention of visual loss from glaucoma is early detection of the disease or its progression and timely treatment. The proposed study will investigate the role of various tests in improving detection of disease progression in advanced glaucoma. Evaluation of the peripheral field of vision (visual field examination) remains the current standard for detection of progression in glaucoma. However, there is a lot of variability or inconsistency in eyes with advanced glaucoma, which could make it difficult to detect worsening of glaucoma with visual fields. The optic nerve demonstrates significant damage in such eyes and hence oftentimes repeat imaging of the optic nerve head is not helpful for detection of change. Therefore, imaging of the central retina (the innermost sensitive tissue lining the inside of the eye), called macula, has been proposed to supplant imaging of the nerve in eyes with severe glaucoma. The macula aids in detailed central vision. Since the macular retinal neural cells are the last ones to be affected in glaucoma, measurement of macular retinal thickness could provide significant information with regard to the course of glaucoma. In the proposed study, glaucoma patients will be tested and followed with various measurements done with newer versions of optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging and visual field machines. The patients will undergo repeat imaging and visual field testing every 6 months over the course of 5 years. Rates of change will be estimated. We will explore if changes in various outcome measures derived from imaging are correlated with the corresponding visual field changes in glaucoma, and whether the former can be used as an alternative method for detecting simultaneous or subsequent glaucoma progression. The hypothesis for this proposed research is that macular OCT parameters are valid structural measures that can be used especially in advanced disease to follow the course of glaucoma.
Lasers are important therapy in glaucoma. They are a pivotal point in treatment between medical and surgical care. Over the last 10 years a new laser has emerged as the usual laser treatment: Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). SLT works as well as the older laser used: argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT). However SLT has many theoretical benefits over ALT including causing less damage to the tissue it affects. One of the potential patient centered benefits of this laser is that it may be repeatable. It is even possible that the old laser ALT may be useable after an SLT treatment. This study aims to uncover whether repeat laser is possible after SLT and if so which laser is more effective (ALT vs SLT). The potential of repeating laser therapies may delay surgical treatment and its complications. Also understanding which laser to use will help eye doctors know how to treat their patients at this point of the disease.
This randomized dose-ranging study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy (reduction in intraocular pressure) of multiple dose levels of ATS907, vehicle, or latanoprost in subjects with primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. In the first portion, approximately 75 subjects will be randomized to receive either ATS907 or vehicle eye drops for up to 28 days, administered both once and twice daily. In the second portion, up to 180 subjects will be randomized to receive either ATS907 or latanoprost for up to 28 days. Plasma pharmacokinetics will also be evaluated during the first portion of the study.
The study has the purpose to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the goniocurettage as a first choice of surgical treatment for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in patients with good vision.