Micropulse Laser Trabeculoplasty (532nm) Versus Conventional Laser Trabeculoplasty (532nm)

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Open Angle Glaucoma

Treatments: Procedure: lasertrabeculoplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01788319

S55194

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will investigate if micropulse laser trabeculoplasty (532nm) is as effecttive as or better than the conventional laser trabeculoplasty (532nm), it might be a new treatment strategy for glaucoma patients. It is done with a laser device that can also be used for many other ophthalmic applications, thus reducing the economic burden of treatment.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• individuals over 18 years old
• willing to sign an informed consent and able to comply the requirements of the study
• having no other ocular diseases besides glaucoma

Exclusion criteria

• history of ocular trauma
• intraocular surgery (except for phaco)
• pigment dispersion and exfoliation glaucoma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 1 patient group

lasertrabeculoplasty

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: lasertrabeculoplasty