Evaluating the Efficacy of Fenestrations in Tube Shunt Implants During the Early Postoperative Period

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Glaucoma

In brief

This study evaluates two different methods of controlling intraocular pressure in nonvalved aqueous tube shunts immediately after implantation; needle fenestrations or a suture wick.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02681419

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

18

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-03-17

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• Eyes that have poorly controlled glaucoma requiring a tube shunt implantation
• Willingness to participate in the study and sign informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Concurrent surgery except phaco/intraocular lens
• Any abnormality preventing reliable applanation tonometry
• Eyes with exposure limitation (tight lids, deep orbits) that would make performing the anterior segment optical coherence tomography difficult

Where it is running

• Robert Cizik Eye Clinic — Houston, Texas, United States

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