Does additional steroid help improve success in glaucoma surgery
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H401- Open-angle glaucomaHealth Condition 2: H402- Primary angle-closure glaucoma
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/066490
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical research foundation, Sankara Nethralaya
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Primary glaucoma on topical IOP lowering medication for at least 6 months
Glaucoma not controlled on medical therapy
Patient intolerant to topical IOP lowering medication for IOP control
Glaucoma controlled on medical therapy but patient with more than two IOP lowering medication undergoing cataract surgery
Age atleast eighteen years or older
Snellen best corrected visual acuity of 6/60 or better
Any patient with uncontrolled IOP and glaucomatous damage requiring surgical intervention at the earliest and hence unable to take the preoperative topical steroid course
Active severe inflammation requiring topical steroids within the last 3 months
History of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet peripheral iridotomy (YAG PI) within the last 3 months
Those with history of laser trabeculoplasty
Prior surgery other than uncomplicated clear corneal phacoemulsification
Other ocular pathology including retinal pathology, uveitis
Secondary glaucoma including but not limited to steroid induced glaucoma, ICE syndrome, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, pigment dispersion syndrome, neovascular glaucoma
History of ocular trauma in the eye planned for trabeculectomy
Myopia more than 6D/ pathological myopia
One eyed patients
Pregnant or nursing women
Concurrent or steroid use within last 3months for other diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method