Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:40 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:40 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02805257
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Inadequately controlled glaucoma on maximum tolerated medical therapy with intraocular pressure (IOP) greater than or equal to 18 mm Hg.
* Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (AGV) implantation as the planned surgical procedure.
* For patients in whom 2 eyes are eligible for enrollment, only the first eligible eye to be implanted is enrolled.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Unwilling or unable to give consent, unwilling to accept randomization, or unable to return for scheduled protocol visits.
* Pregnant or nursing women.
* Previous cyclodestruction or glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery.
* Patients with nanophthalmos.
* Patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome or other conditions associated with elevated episcleral venous pressure.
* No light perception vision.
* VA \<20/200 in non-study eye.
* Need for glaucoma surgery combined with other ocular procedures (i.e. cataract extraction, penetrating keratoplasty, or retinal surgery) or anticipated need for additional ocular surgery.
* Previous scleral buckling procedure or silicone oil present.
* Uveitic glaucoma.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT02805257
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02805257