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Eyedrop Instillation Technique

NCT01417689 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 230

Last updated 2011-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Eye drop instillation is a problem from glaucoma patients. Studies reveal that 30-50% of glaucoma patients have problems instilling their eyedrops. These problems include not hitting the eye, spending many drops to get a single successful instillation and bottle contamination.

The present study will evaluate the effect of encouraging patients to put their eyedrops using one of 2 techniques, randomly assigned, to determine which is more successful at instilling the eye drop into the eye while spending the least amount of drug.

In one of the techniques the patient instills the eye drop with their eyes open in the inferior cul de sac. In the other technique the patient instills the eye drop with the eyes closed near the inner canthal region.

Patients will be randomized to encouragement to use the drops with either of the techniques. Encouragement will take place over a visit where they will be subjected to:

* Baseline evaluation of eye drop instillation using their usual technique.
* Short (2-5 minute) educational session session for the assigned technique.
* Followup evaluation immediately after the educational session.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Encouragement to attempt eye drop instillation with a specific technique

Encouragement to one of the 2 techniques (open eyes and closed eyes) is accomplished through a standardized educational session designed to take2-5 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oftalmologia Hospital Sotero del Rio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eugenio A Maul, MD MPH · Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Hospital Sotero del Rio.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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