The goal of this study is to learn if combining minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) procedures with different mechanisms of action increases the effectiveness of MIGS. The main question the study aims to answer is: Does combining viscodilation (a surgical technique, often used in glaucoma treatment, that involves using a high-viscosity, elastic gel to widen and open the Schlemm's canal, a main drainage channel in the eye) with the iTrack catheter, along with the Hydrus microstent, show better reduction in intraocular pressure than cataract surgery alone? Researchers will retrospectively review charts of patients who have open-angle glaucoma who have undergone combination Hydrus implantation and 360-degree iTrack canaloplasty with concomitant cataract surgery, who have at least 36 months of clinical follow-up data. Baseline demographic information and severity of glaucoma will be recorded, as will change from baseline yearly to three years in average optical coherence tomography (OCT) retina nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurements and visual field (VF) pattern standard deviation. Safety outcomes and the percentage of eyes requiring secondary surgical intervention will be recorded at yearly time points.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Retrospective study; a total of approximately 100 subjects have been identified to have had minimum 36 months follow-up.
University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Percentage of surgical success at three years.
Surgical success is defined as a decrease of one or more glaucoma medications from baseline without an increase in medicated intraocular pressure (IOP).
Time frame: From baseline to three years post-surgery
Mean decrease in IOP from baseline at three years
Time frame: From baseline to three years post-surgery
Mean number of medication reduction from baseline to three years
Mean number of medications the patient has been able to stop taking since baseline
Time frame: From baseline to three years post-surgery
Percentage of eyes with greater than twenty percent reduction in IOP from baseline to year three
Time frame: From baseline to three years post-surgery
Percentage of eyes that are medication free at three years
Percentage of eyes that do not need any IOP lowering medication at three years
Time frame: At three years post-surgery
Percentage of eyes with IOP between 14 and 18 mmHg on the same number of medications or fewer at three years post-surgery
Time frame: At three years post-surgery
Change in average RNFL from baseline yearly to three years
Change from baseline yearly to three years in average optical coherence tomography retina nerve fiber layer measurements. OCT RNFL analysis is a non-invasive imaging technique that measures the thickness of the RNFL to help diagnose and monitor glaucoma.
Time frame: At baseline, one year, two years and three years post-surgery
Change in average HVF PSD from baseline yearly to three years
Change from baseline yearly to three years in visual field pattern standard deviation. VF PSD is a metric that measures the irregularity of visual field loss.
Time frame: At baseline, one year, two years and three years post-surgery
Percentage of eyes requiring secondary surgical intervention at yearly time points
Time frame: At one year, two years and three years post-surgery
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