Assessment of the Profile of Patients with eye pressure disease, where the eye pressure tends to be normal but there can be damage to the nerve of the vision (optic nerve)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H42- Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/02/049631
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Gayathri R
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients newly diagnosed to have normal tension glaucoma
Exclusion Criteria
1. All cases of glaucoma except NTG, including Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), secondary glaucoma
2. Glaucoma Suspects: Disc suspect, Ocular hypertension
3. Those patients who are already on treatment for NTG
4. Presence of any other ocular disease that could have caused the optic nerve head changes
5. Those with any previous intraocular surgery other than cataract surgery done at least 3 months prior to recruitment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To assess the clinical and demographic profile of patients with normal tension glaucoma. <br/ ><br>2.To evaluate for predisposing systemic associations and to assess their prevalence in patients with NTG. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1.5 years <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To find out reasons for presentation of patients with normal tension glaucoma. <br/ ><br>2.To assess the impact of family history of glaucoma in the study cohort. <br/ ><br>3.To study the OCTA changes in NTG. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1.5 years