Evaluation of the iStent Versus Two Ocular Hypotensive Agents in Patients With Primary Open-angle Glaucoma (POAG) (SL)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00913029 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: June 3, 2009
Last Update Posted
: May 20, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Eye Diseases Glaucoma, Open-Angle Glaucoma | Device: iStent Drug: latanoprost/timolol | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 192 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective, Unmasked, Randomized Evaluation of the iStent Versus Two Ocular Hypotensive Agents in Patients With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma |
Study Start Date : | May 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Stent
One hundred patients will be randomized to implantation of two G2 stents in at least one eye.
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Device: iStent
iStent
Other Name: stent, Trabecular micro bypass
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Active Comparator: Medication
One hundred patients will be randomized to receive a fixed combination ocular hypotensive medication.
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Drug: latanoprost/timolol
Combination latanoprost/timolol
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- Mean intraocular pressure (IOP) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma
- Male or female at least 18 years of age and able to provide written informed consent
- Mean IOP (at baseline visit after washout of any medications) must be 22 mm Hg and no greater than 38 mm Hg
- Likely to be available and willing to attend follow-up visits
Exclusion Criteria:
- Angle closure glaucoma
- Secondary glaucomas
- Prior glaucoma procedures
- Elevated episcleral venous pressure from history of active thyroid orbitopathy, carotid-cavernous fistula, orbital tumors, or orbital congestive disease

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00913029
Armenia | |
SV Malayan Ophthalmological Center | |
Yerevan, Armenia | |
Austria | |
Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien | |
Wien, Austria, 1090 | |
France | |
CHU de Lyon Hopital Edouard Herriot | |
Lyon, France, 69437 | |
CHNO des Quinze-Vingts | |
Paris, France, 75012 | |
Germany | |
Knapschaftskrankenhaus Bochum Langendreer | |
Bochum, Germany, 44892 | |
Helios Cliniic | |
Erfurt, Germany, 99089 | |
Universitatsklinkum Erlangen | |
Erlangen, Germany | |
Greece | |
AHEPA Hospital | |
Thessaloniki, Greece, 546 36 | |
Italy | |
Universita'degli Studi di Parma | |
Parma, Italy, 43100 | |
Universita' di Torino/Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica-Clinica Oculistica | |
Torino, Italy, 10128 | |
Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia | |
Udine, Italy, 33100 | |
Poland | |
Military Health Service Institute | |
Warsaw, Poland, 00-909 | |
Spain | |
Hospital Torrevieja Salud, UTE | |
Alicante, Spain, 03186 | |
Hospital Clinico San Carlos | |
Madrid, Spain, 28040 | |
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet | |
Zaragoza, Spain | |
United Kingdom | |
Hinchingbrooke Hospital Moorfields | |
Bedford, United Kingdom |
Study Director: | Jeff Wells, PharmD, MBA | Glaukos Corporation |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Glaukos Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00913029 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Second Line Second Line Trial ( Other Identifier: Glaukos ) |
First Posted: | June 3, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 20, 2015 |
Last Verified: | May 2015 |
Keywords provided by Glaukos Corporation:
primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) OAG glaucoma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Glaucoma Glaucoma, Open-Angle Eye Diseases Ocular Hypertension Timolol Latanoprost Antihypertensive Agents |
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