Status:

UNKNOWN

Normal Tension and Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Composition

Lead Sponsor:

Kantonsspital Aarau

Conditions:

Glaucoma Open-Angle

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG) occurring progressively with optimal conventional or intraocular pressure reducing surgery are still unsolved problems in ophthalmo...

Detailed Description

We will recruit 30 patients with progressive visual function loss, due to Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) or chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG), despite optimal conventional or intraocular pressure redu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Documented progressive visual function loss over 2 years (visual field or visual acuity)
  • Intraocular pressure measured as a maximum of 25 mmHg
  • Possibility of receiving general anaesthesia and optic nerve sheath fenestration.

Exclusion

  • Secondary glaucoma
  • Oral medication to lower intraocular pressure (carboanhydrase inhibitor)
  • Visual acuity worse than 20/400
  • Any other type of glaucoma (pseudoexfoliation, narrow or closed angle).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00306657

Start Date

March 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

June 27 2011

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Kantonsspital Aarau, Department of Ophthalmology, Switzerland

Aarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, 5001