Modifiable Factors and Glaucoma - RCT

Wolfson Medical Center (WMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intraocular Pressure

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02972749

0127-16-WOMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is growing awareness that environmental factors, behaviors and diet are intimately related to patient health and may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of glaucoma. Evidence from recent years has shown that some behaviors and environmental factors can affect the intraocular pressure, the primary risk factor for glaucoma. This study aims to investigate whether simple and common lifestyle inteventions such as sleeping with a head elevation, a high fiber diet, moderate aerobic exercise and moderation in caffeine intake could affect intraocular pressure and other outcomes.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with glaucoma.

Exclusion criteria

• Not able to attend follow-up
• Contraindication for treatment or follow-up

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Recommendations for lifestyle changes which have shown to reduce IOP. recommendations include: Moderate aerobic exercise, High fiber diet, sleeping with a head elevation and moderating caffeine intake. while continuing prescribed medical therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention. patients are instructed to continue prescribed medical therapy.