Shunt Tube Exposure Prevention Study
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Official title
Amniotic Membrane Versus Pericardium in Reducing Glaucoma Drainage Tube Exposure: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief summary
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This is a multi-site randomized clinical trial to evaluate the long-term efficacy of the thicker amniotic membrane graft (AmnioGuard™, Bio-Tissue, Inc, Miami, FL) in reducing shunt tube exposure in patients undergoing glaucoma drainage device implantation.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01551550
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 82 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- 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
- May 31, 2013
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2016
- Completion
- Aug 2, 2019
- Last update posted
- May 17, 2022
2013 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bascom Palmer Eye Institute | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary | New York | New York | 10003 | — |
| Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Harkness Eye Institute/ Columbia University | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
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- Last update posted May 17, 2022 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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