Status:

COMPLETED

Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study

Lead Sponsor:

University of Miami

Collaborating Sponsors:

Abbott Medical Optics

Research to Prevent Blindness

Conditions:

Glaucoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (PTVT) Study is to compare the long-term safety and efficacy of nonvalved tube shunt surgery to trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in eyes that have ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-85 years
  • Glaucoma that is inadequately controlled on tolerated medical therapy with Intraocular Pressure (IOP) greater than or equal to 18 mm Hg and less than or equal to 40 mm Hg
  • No previous incisional ocular surgery

Exclusion

  • Unwilling or unable to give consent, unwilling to accept randomization, or unable to return for scheduled protocol visits
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • No light perception vision
  • Active iris neovascularization or active proliferative retinopathy
  • Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome
  • Epithelial or fibrous ingrowth
  • Chronic or recurrent uveitis
  • Steroid-induced glaucoma
  • Severe posterior blepharitis
  • Unwilling to discontinue contact lens use after surgery
  • Previous cyclodestructive procedure
  • Conjunctival scarring from prior ocular trauma or cicatrizing disease precluding a superior trabeculectomy
  • Functionally significant cataract
  • Need for glaucoma surgery combined with other ocular procedures or anticipated need for additional ocular surgery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

242 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00666237

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

April 1 2021

Last Update

October 19 2022

Active Locations (16)

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1

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610

3

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

4

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21290