Observational Study of How Patients Take Eye Drops

Robin, Alan L., M.D.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Glaucoma

Treatments: Device: MEMS cap

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00750646

SI-08-54

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is interested in monitoring how patients take eye drops, both through video-recordings and adherence monitoring, as well as their perceptions about their eye medications; including the dosing schedules, instillation techniques and effect on their disease.

Enrollment: 220 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 year old
• currently taking 1 or more hypotensive topical eye drops takes drops in the right eye for more than 6 months expect to continue drop use for the next 3 months
• subjects instill their own eye drops
• subject is able to take HVF tests
• subject will expect to complete the 3 months enrollment period

Exclusion criteria

• unable/unwilling to instill own medications
• eye drops are discontinued
• unable to take HVF test
• unable to complete follow-up
• investigators discontinue subject for safety reasons
• not using drops in left eye

Trial design

220 participants in 1 patient group

A

Description:

Subject's adherence to prescribed therapy will be monitored with an electronic compliance device.

Treatment:

Device: MEMS cap