Status:
COMPLETED
Transconjunctival Needling Revision Versus Medical Treatment
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Conditions:
Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
When the glaucoma filtering surgery failures (intraocular pressure rises again), the options is start to use the hypotensive eye drops again (medical treatment). However, in some cases (encapsulated b...
Detailed Description
To compare the efficacy of transconjunctival needling revision (TNR) with 5-fluorouracil versus medical treatment (MT) in glaucomatous eyes with uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) due to encapsul...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eyes with encapsulated blebs developed in 5 months or less following primary glaucoma filtering surgery (trabeculectomy) and intraocular pressure \>= 20mmHg
Exclusion
- Previous other ocular surgery
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01887223
Start Date
May 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2011
Last Update
June 27 2013
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University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil