The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Bionode IOP lowering system in eyes with elevated IOP. The contact lens being studied is similar to an ordinary contact lens that is worn to correct nearsightedness. But the study contact lens has been designed with a thin gold coil around the outside edge of the lens. This design helps deliver a low amount of energy to the eye, which is expected to help lower the pressure inside of the eye. The study contact lens is activated by a pair of glasses (Bionode spectacles) that you wear to apply the treatment to your eye. The study contact lens is only activated when the study glasses are activated.
Subjects will be randomized in 1:1 ratio into two groups, designated Group A and Group B. During the study, randomized subjects will be fitted with a pair of study contact lenses, only one of which is embedded with a gold coil to receive electrical stimulation from the study spectacles, in the study eye. Subjects will also wear optical spectacles (study spectacles) that deliver the electrical stimulus the study contact lenses. Group A will receive electrical stimulation (test group), and Group B will not receive electrical stimulation (control group). Baseline IOP will be recorded prior to the 2-hours stimulation, and will be repeated post-therapy, at increments of 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 2 hours from the conclusion of stimulation. The total duration of participation for each subject is up to approximately 5 weeks. The total expected duration of the clinical trial is approximately 4 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
30
Patients wearing Bionode spectacles and customized contact lens and will receive stimulation at 50 Hz, 100 µs, up to 150 µA for 2 hours.
Control: No stimulation
Prism Eye Institue
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
RECRUITINGIntraocular pressure (mmHg)
The primary effectiveness outcome is defined unmedicated IOP after treatment, at 0 min (baseline), 5 min, 30 min, 60 min, and 120 min. An area under the curve will be calculated from the IOP measures at the 5 time points.
Time frame: 0 min (baseline), 5 min, 30 min, 60 min, and 120 min post treatment
Number of patients with treatment related adverse events
Incidence of adverse events.
Time frame: 1 month post treatment
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