Study to Compare Standard Perimetry With the New Scotoma-Oriented Perimetry (SCOPE) Using a New Fast German Adaptive Threshold Estimation (GATE) in Glaucoma Patients (TRASCO)

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG)

Treatments: Device: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Device: Perimetry; Device: Confocal Scanning Laser Tomography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00902109

SCOPE-G-BETA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the two psychophysical perimetric techniques regarding progression of the visual field.

Enrollment: 12 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)
• spherical ametropia max. ± 8 dpt
• cylindrical ametropia max. ± 3 dpt
• distant visual acuity > 10/20
• pupil diameter > 3 mm

Exclusion criteria

• diabetic retinopathy
• asthma
• history of epilepsy or significant psychiatric disease
• medications known to effect visual field sensitivity
• infections (e.g., keratitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis)
• severe dry eyes
• miotic drug
• squint
• nystagmus
• albinism
• any ocular pathology, in either eye, that may interfere with the ability to obtain visual fields
• keratoconus
• intraocular surgery (except for uncomplicated cataract surgery) performed < 3 month prior to screening
• history or signs of any visual pathway affection other than glaucoma
• history or presence of macular disease and/or macular edema, ocular trauma, medications known to affect visual field sensitivity

Trial design

12 participants in 1 patient group

perimetry, HRT, OCT

Description:

perimetry, HRT, OCT

Treatment:

Device: Confocal Scanning Laser Tomography

Device: Perimetry

Device: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)