Glaucoma
Conditions
Brief summary
Few publications provide information on the natural history of glaucoma, outside of clinical trials do not always reflect what is observed in common situation for various reasons (specific selection criteria and sometimes restrictive, stronger motivations patients and physicians to comply with follow-up visits and prescribed treatments, etc.). Therefore, much information on the natural history of glaucoma are unknown to date (degradation rate of visual field and visual function over time, risk of blindness in the years following diagnosis, effects of various treatments to reduce intraocular pressure and preserving visual field deterioration, etc.). Obtaining such important data to improve the management of glaucoma patients (choice of treatment methods, identification of predictors of rapid change that can make choosing more aggressive treatment and more regular monitoring, etc.) requires the establishment of cohort of patients followed and treated with the methods usually used in current practice, and besides therapeutic trial.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Grenoble
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients whose age is above 18 years * Patients with primary or secondary glaucoma or both sides
Exclusion criteria
* Major person under guardianship or unable to consent * Patient Refusal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Degradation rate of visual field and visual function in patients treated with the methods usually used in current practice | 15 years |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed