The objective of this early feasibility clinical study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of several different GORE Glaucoma Drainage Implant configurations in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma that is uncontrolled by hypotensive medications or for which conventional incisional glaucoma surgery would be more likely to fail due to scarring.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Unilateral implantation of one of three different configurations of the GORE GDI
Laser Center
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Primary Effectiveness Endpoint
The proportion of treated eyes with ≥ 20% decrease in mean diurnal IOP at 6 months while maintaining the same or fewer number of hypotensive medications as at baseline.
Time frame: 6 months
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