Health Condition 1: H401- Open-angle glaucoma
Conditions
Interventions
Control Intervention1: Adherence to anti glaucoma drops when free sample is provided: Comparing the adherence to anti glaucoma medications, either Timolol maleate or Latanoprost once daily application
Sponsors
Aravind Eye Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients aged 18 years or more who are willing to participate 2.Newly diagnosed patients with open angle glaucoma (including primary open angle glaucoma, juvenile open angle glaucoma, pigmentary dispersion glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma) 3.Initiated treatment with a once-daily dose of timolol or latanoprost alone, in both eyes 4.Readily access an Åndroid mobile operating system smartphone and internet service by either the patient or the patient’s caregiver 5.Have the ability to successfully self-administer a drop of IOP lowering medication or patients with a caregiver that can administer the drops for them
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients who are unable to obtain drops locally 2.Patients under monocular ocular hypotensive treatment 3.Patients with secondary glaucomas (all except Pigmentary and Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma) 4.Patients that require surgical intervention for glaucoma or other ocular disease 5.Patients with other ocular co-morbidities, which may need intervention for the same
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the adherence between the group which receives free drug sample and the group which buys the medications on there own for 60 days as measured by the smart phone app (as measured by the EyePhone© App)Timepoint: Adherence to AGM will be measured based on response to the phone app and questionnaire based survey at 2 months after which cross-over will be done between the groups and at 4th month the same will be repeated | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -To evaluate various measures of adherence & identify barriers for good adherence (dosing errors, coverage, inter-dose interval, percent of doses taken) -Correlation between self-reported adherence via questionnaire vs. recorded live responses over time using the EyePhone app -Feasibility of using the EyePhone app for monitoring of patients in the south Indian population -The association between adherence on measured IOP Timepoint: 1.Baseline evaluation at the time of recruitment 2. At 2 months from recruitment 3. At 4 months from recruitment | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactUsha Tejaswini S
Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry
Outcome results
None listed