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Modifiable Factors and Glaucoma - RCT

NCT02972749 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2018-01-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is growing awareness that environmental factors, behaviors and diet are intimately related to patient health and may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of glaucoma. Evidence from recent years has shown that some behaviors and environmental factors can affect the intraocular pressure, the primary risk factor for glaucoma. This study aims to investigate whether simple and common lifestyle inteventions such as sleeping with a head elevation, a high fiber diet, moderate aerobic exercise and moderation in caffeine intake could affect intraocular pressure and other outcomes.

Conditions

  • Intraocular Pressure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention

Recommendations for lifestyle changes which have shown to reduce IOP. recommendations include: Moderate aerobic exercise, High fiber diet, sleeping with a head elevation and moderating caffeine intake. while continuing prescribed medical therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wolfson Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Asaf Achiron, MD · Wolfson Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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