Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 5:08 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 5:08 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01774227
Brief Summary:
* Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCPC) has long been used as refractory glaucoma management and is very easy to learn and easy to perform.
* Recent advances in laser technology; the role of TSCPC is being expanded because it has benefits of noninvasive glaucoma procedure.
* The titration (pops), the fixed high-energy, and the fixed-low energy (slow-coagulation) are three energy delivery techniques.
* The present study would report on the outcome (efficacy and safety) of the slow-coagulation versus the titration method in treatment of refractory glaucoma with dark iris.
* The results would provide reliable evidences to supplement clinical judgment when making a decision in favor of each treatment method for glaucoma patients.
Detailed Description:
* Several protocols afford delivery of the "optimum" dose of laser energy per session necessary to achieve a long-term effective ocular hypotensive response balancing risks related to a high energy treatment and risks related to retreatment due to suboptimum dose delivery.
* There are two main approaches to delivering laser energy, the pops-titration method and the fixed energy method that are the fixed-high and low-energy (the Gaasterland's slow-coagulation technique).
* Of particular interest is which laser energy delivery method (slow-coagulation versus pops-titration) affords the optimal dose of photocoagulation necessary to achieve an effective long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction while minimizing the risk of adverse events related to overtreatment and retreatments especially in refractory glaucomatous eyes with dark iris color.
Study:
NCT01774227
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01774227