Comparison of Ex-PRESSTM Mini Glaucoma Shunt to Trabeculectomy in Subjects With Open Angle Glaucoma
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Official title
A Multi Center Study Comparing the Ex-PRESSTM Mini Glaucoma Shunt to Trabeculectomy in Subjects With Open Angle Glaucoma
Brief summary
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A prospective randomized trial to compare the safety and efficacy of the Ex-PRESS to trabeculectomy in patients with open angle glaucoma who failed medical or are allergic to medical treatment and for which filtering surgery is indicated. Surgical success was defined as 5 mmHg ≤ intraocular pressure ≤ 18 mmHg, with or without medications, without further glaucoma surgery. Postoperative intraocular pressure, number of medications, complications and success rates were followed for 2 years.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00444080
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 120 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 100 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2006
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2011
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2011
- Last update posted
- Oct 13, 2020
2006 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 7
- U.S. states
- 6
- U.S. cities
- 7
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California | San Francisco | California | 94143-0730 | — |
| University of Florida | Gainesville | Florida | 32610 | — |
| Washington University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Dean A. McGee Eye Institute | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73104 | — |
| Wills EYE Institute | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19066 | — |
| Allegheny Ophthalmic & Orbital Associates, P.C. | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212 | — |
| University of Tennessee | Memphis | Tennessee | 38163 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 13, 2020 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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