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Phacotrabeculectomy Versus Phacogoniotomy (PVP) in Advanced Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma

Effectiveness and Safety of Phacotrabeculectomy and Phacogoniotomy in Advanced Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04878458
Acronym
PVP
Enrollment
124
Registered
2021-05-07
Start date
2021-05-31
Completion date
2025-06-30
Last updated
2024-12-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Glaucoma, Angle-Closure

Keywords

Glaucoma, Angle-Closure

Brief summary

A multicenter, parallel, open, non-inferior randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness and safety of phacotrabeculectomy and phacogoniotomy in the treatment of advanced primary angle closure glaucoma, so as to provide a better surgical alternative.

Detailed description

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) accounted for the majority particularly in Asia and China. The preferred treatment method is anti-glaucoma surgery-trabeculectomy (Trab) combined with lens extraction. Phacotrabeculectomy has become the first-line choice of anti-glaucoma suregery in the treatment of advanced PACG. However, it was not an ideal method due to the bleb-related complications and troublesome postoperative nursing, as well as the difficulty for surgeons, caused by trabeculectomy. However, recent studies revealed that the phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation (PEI) combined with goniosynechialysis (GSL) has achieved efficacy in the treatment of PACG. With the advent of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS), there is an increasing number studies indicating the MIGS performed great efficacy in the treatment of primary open angle glaucoma. While,there were a few small-sampled retrospective studies which showed therapeutic effects in PACG. The GSL plus goniotomy (GT) could achieve great efficacy in lowering the intraocular pressure of PACG patients. However, there is still a lack of high quality and high-level randomized controlled trials. Therefore, this study intends to conduct a multicenter, parallel, open, non-inferior randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and safety of PEI+ Trab and PEI+GSL+GT in the treatment of advanced PACG, so as to provide a better surgical treatment for PACG.

Interventions

PROCEDUREphacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation combined with goniosynechialysis and goniotomy

The patients enrolled underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation combined with goniosynechialysis and goniotomy.

PROCEDUREphacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation combined with trabeculectomy

The patients enrolled underwent phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation combined with trabeculectomy.

Sponsors

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
West China Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City
CollaboratorOTHER
Union hospital of Fujian Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
CollaboratorOTHER
Handan City Eye Hospital
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Chongqing Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Sun Yat-sen University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

multicenter, parallel, open, non-inferior randomized controlled trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Inclusion criteria 1. Aged 40-80 years; 2. Diagnosed with advanced PACG: meet with (1) (2) (3) or (1) (2) (4) 1. At least 180-degree PAS under gonioscopy and it should cover the nasal and inferior quadrants for surgical purposes; 2. IOP \>21 mmHg with or without anti-glaucoma medication; 3. Obvious glaucomatous optic neuropathy (cup-to-disc \[C/D\] ratio≥0.7, or C/D asymmetry \> 0.2, or the rim width at the superior and inferior temporal \< 0.1 vertical diameters of optic disc); 4. With glaucomatous visual field defects, such as nasal step, arcuate scotoma, and paracentral scotoma on a reliable Humphrey analyzer using SITA-Standard 24-2 or 30-2 algorithm; mean deviation ≤ -12dB; 3. Clinically obvious cataract and uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) \<0.63 (Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, \[ETDRS\] chart), or need lens extraction assessed by a clinician; 4. Voluntarily participate in study and provide signed informed consent. *

Exclusion criteria

a. History of ocular surgery (other than laser iridotomy or laser iriplasty) or trauma; b. With other types of glaucoma; (i.e. open angle glaucoma, secondary angle-closure glaucoma, steroidal glaucoma, angle regression glaucoma, neovascular glaucoma, nanophthalmos, pseudoexfoliation syndrome) c. The International Standardized Ratio \> 3.0 for patients receiving warfarin or anticoagulant therapy before surgery; d. With retinal disease that affects the collection of ocular parameters; f. Monophthalmia (best-corrected visual acuity \[BCVA\] \<0.01 in the non-study eye); g. With other serious systemic diseases; h. Pregnant or lactating women \* If both eyes are eligible for the study, the eye with the worse UCVA will be recruited.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean change of intraocular pressurePostoperative 12, 24, 36 months.Change from baseline IOP after surgery using Goldmann or non-contact tonometer.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Cumulative success rate of surgery12, 24, 36 months(i) Complete success is defined as the postoperative IOP between 5 and 18 mmHg, and 20% reduction from baseline with no need for IOP-lowering medication. (ii) Qualified success is defined as the postoperative IOP between 5 and 18 mmHg, and 20% reduction from baseline with or without IOP-lowering medication.
Intraoperative and postoperative complications0, 1, 7 day. 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 monthsFor example, shallow anterior chamber, hyphema, persistent hypotony, corneal endothelium decompensation, endophthalmitis, and other filtering bleb-related complications.
Anti-glaucomatous medications0, 1, 7 day. 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 monthsNumbers and types of anti-glaucomatous medications

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Optic nerve head morphology and retinal parameters0, 12, 24, 36 monthsOptic nerve head morphology and retinal parameters based on optical coherence tomography (Cirrus 5000, Zeiss, CA, USA or Spectralis, Heidelberg, Germany)
Measurement of quality of life0, 12, 24, 36 monthsQuality of life is measured with EQ-5D-5L questionnaire.
Visual acuity0, 1, 7 day. 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 monthsUncorrected and best corrected visual acuity will be documented using ETDRS chart.
Time-consuming of operation and the surgery cost1 dayTime-consuming of operation and the surgery cost are based on the electronic healthy system.
Filtering bleb classification12, 24, 36 monthsFiltering bleb classification based on Indiana Bleb Appearance Grading Scale
Degree of peripheral anterior synechia3, 12, 24, 36 monthsThe peripheral anterior synechia is checked using gonioscopy.
Corneal endothelial cell counting0, 12, 24, 36 monthsCorneal endothelial cell counting will be documented using specular microscope.
Visual field0, 12, 24, 36 monthsVisual field examination is performed using Humphrey analyzer.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026