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A Clinical Trial of Phacoemulsification Versus Phacoemulsification & the iStent Implantation in POAG Patients

NCT00847158 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2009-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This was a prospective, double-masked, 15-month clinical trial comparing efficacy of phacoemulsification alone to combined phacoemulsification and implantation of the iStent® trabecular micro-bypass stent in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Conditions

  • Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and Cataracts

Interventions

PROCEDURE

phacoemulsification alone

phacoemulsification alone

DEVICE

iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent

phacoemulsification and implantation of the iStent® trabecular micro-bypass stent

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Turin, Italy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonio Fea, MD · University of Torino

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-12-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

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