Screening for Glaucoma in Namil Area, South Korea

Glaucoma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Epidemiologic Study for the Prevalence of Glaucoma in Namil Area, Geumsan City, South Korea

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00727168
• Other study ID #: CNUH81510-9701
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 30, 2008
• Last updated: August 1, 2008
• Start date: November 2007
• Est. completion date: February 2008

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: Korean Glaucoma Society
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Korea: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the prevalence of glaucoma in Korea, the investigators selected Namil area in Geumsan city, located in central Korea. The residents aged over 40 in this area are to be recruited to full ophthalmologic examination to detect and classify the glaucoma.

Description:

Screening includes following examinations; Questionaire and Consent form, Visual acuity test, Auto-refraction, IOL Master measurement, Pachymetry, FDT Perimetry, Fundus Photography, Slit lamp examination, Goldmann applanation Tonometry, Gonioscopy, and Binocular optic disc evaluation. For the cases showing any abnormality in FDT perimetry, optic disc morphology, or intraocular pressure, Humphrey automated visual field test is to be performed as an extended examination. Finally, optic nerve head evaluation by OCT or GDx analyzer is to be used as a confirmation test, as well as additional Humphrey visual field test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1532
• Est. completion date: February 2008
• Est. primary completion date: February 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 40 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All residents aged over 40 in Namil area

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals registered but not actually living in this area

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Glaucoma
• Intraocular Pressure
• Optic Nerve Head
• Visual Field

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Yongdong Severance Hospital	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Korean Glaucoma Society

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of glaucoma in Namil area		cross-sectional	No
Secondary	Clinical factors associated with the glaucoma		cross-sectional	No