Correlation between the change of the ocular surface and the corneal sensory nerve disorder in patients receiving glaucoma therapy drugs.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- glaucoma
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000023722
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Any active ocular disease. 2) Subjects unable to tolerate HRTII-RCM. 3) Previous ocular surgery orlaser treatment 4)Patients whom doctor judged to be ineligible for this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate differences in long nerve fiber density (LNFD) of corneal parameters between glaucoma patients and controls using in vivo confocal microscopy. Glaucoma patients are sub-grouped according to the period of usage of eye drops.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method corneal sensitivity, epithelial staining, tear volume, etc.