Study of the effectiveness of deposits removal trabecular meshwork

JRCT ID: jRCTs062200003

Registered date:25/05/2020

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: glaucoma
• Date of first enrollment: 03/09/2020
• Target sample size: 80
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Surgery

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Intraocular pressure reduction
• Secondary Outcome: Complications, number of glaucoma medication, surgical time

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

(1)Male and female glaucoma patients who are older than 20 years old at the time of acquiring consent
(2)Patients who are planning to undergo glaucoma surgery (The severity of glaucoma does not matter)
(3)Patients who can have outpatient visits 1 year after the surgery
(4)Written informed consent

Exclude criteria

(1) Pregnant or lactating female
(2) Patients who underwent a intraocular surgery within 6 months
(3) Patients who can't measure intraocular pressure with Goldman applanation tonometer
(4) Neovascular glaucoma patients
(5) Patients who have a intraorbital tumor behind the eye, thyroid eye diesease, Sturge-Weber syndrome, other disease that raise upper sclearal venous pressure
(6)Patients who are allergic to nitinol.
(7)Patients recognized by the physician as inappropriate for this study

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Hirooka Kazuyuki
• Secondary Sponsor: Retina Clinic Yokoyama