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There are currently many surgical options for patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension (OHT), including the Hydrus Microstent implant, HiFU (High intensity Focused ultrasound), STAR flo, Kahook Dual Blade, Diode laser, trabeculectomy and the Baerveldt implant, but little is known about how these different surgical techniques used to treat glaucoma affect the flow of fluid through and out of the eye (aqueous dynamics).
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Trial objectives
Main outcome measures: The following aqueous dynamics parameters will be measured: IOP, aqueous flow rate, trabecular outflow facility and uveoscleral outflow. These parameters will be measured pre-treatment (up to 2 months before glaucoma surgery) and repeated 3 months and 12 months post-surgery. Measures will be taken from the operated eye and the contra lateral non-operated eye which will be used as the control.
Trial design
This is a prospective observational study with the contra lateral untreated eye being used as control. Baseline measures will be conducted at a routine clinic visit up to 2 months before glaucoma surgery after 4 weeks of treatment washout.
Post-treatment follow-up measurements of the main outcomes will be conducted 3 months and 12 months after surgery, again, after 4 weeks wash out. A number of additional eye tests will also be performed to collect data for the study at the pre-operative appointment when the baseline measurements are taken and at the post-operative follow-up appointments 3 months and 12 months after the surgery. Other data will be collected from eye tests that are routinely performed pre-operatively and at the post-operative follow-up appointments 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after their surgery.
Study participants will be recruited from patients attending the Ophthalmology Department Outpatients Clinic at St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom who have a diagnosis of glaucoma or OHT (ocular hypertension) requiring glaucoma drainage surgery. One hundred patients with glaucoma or OHT and where a clinical decision has been made that they need glaucoma surgery will be included in the study such that 100 eyes undergoing surgery will be included together with the contra-lateral untreated eyes that will be used as controls for comparison with the treated eyes.
Data will be collected for the study at the following routine appointments that patients undergoing glaucoma surgery are asked to attend: a pre-operative appointment, surgery, and follow-up assessments 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after surgery. Baseline measurements will be taken up to 2 months before glaucoma surgery.
At the baseline assessment demographic information will be collected
Details of participants' relevant past medical history will be collected at the baseline pre-operative assessment and at 12 months post-surgery.
All tests will be performed on both eyes as the contra-lateral non-operated eye will be used as control.
Aqueous parameters
• Aqueous flow rate: Participants will be asked to self-administer 3 to 6 drops (depending on their age) of fluorescein sodium 2% topically into both eyes at 5 minute intervals on the night before the fluorophotometric scans. Fluorophotometry will be performed using a scanning ocular fluorophotometer from 9:00 am -12:00 midday. Four sets of triplicate scans will be collected at 1 hour intervals to determine the aqueous flow rate (Ft). The 3 scans are done in quick succession, taking approximately 2 seconds in total to complete the set. Following each set of scans, IOP will be measured using pneumatonometry. and rebound tonometry. IOP will be recorded as the mean of a total of 12 measurements per eye: 3 measurements every hour alternating between eyes.
Patients who have had previous cataract surgeries or iridotomy/iridectomy will be excluded from this aspect of the measurements as fluorophotometry is inaccurate in these eyes.
Ft = C(IOP - Pv) +Fu Where:
Ft = Measured aqueous flow rate Fu = Ft - C(IOP - Pv) Fu = Calculated uveoscleral outflow C = Tonographic outflow facility (value computed by the measurement device) IOP = Mean morning intraocular pressure as measured by pneumatonometry Pv = Episcleral venous pressure (8-11 mmHg, exact value calculated based on patient parameters)
Routine tests
At the pre-operative visit when baseline measurements are taken and at each routine post-operative follow-up visit (1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after surgery) patients will undergo a clinical ophthalmological examination including the following tests and examinations:
Description of the surgical interventions
There are potentially four types of operation that patients may have as part of their glaucoma care in the department:
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100 participants in 7 patient groups
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K Sheng Lim, MD; Stephanie Jones, BA
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