Eyelid Closure in Glaucoma Therapy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Glaucoma

In brief

This research is being done to determine if closing your eyelids after you take your glaucoma drops makes them more effective in lowering your eye pressure, and to determine if closing your eyelids for 5 minutes is better than closing them for one minute

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00832832

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

60

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age over 18 years, use of one of the three topical prostaglandins (latanoprost, travaprost, or bimatoprost), and no other IOP-lowering eye drops for at least one month.

You may not qualify if…

• Previous laser or incisional surgery for glaucoma, use of punctual plugs, an abnormal slit lamp exam (except for cataract or intraocular lens implant) and incisional eye surgery within the last 6 months.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins - The Wilmer Eye Institute — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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