NCT01488032

Differences in Nerve Fiber Layer Between Patients With Normal- and High-Pressure-Glaucoma

Differences in Nerve Fiber Layer Between Patients With Normal- and High-Pressure-Glaucoma With Similar Structural Optic Nerve Damage

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Technische Universität Dresden · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to prove if there is any difference in the nerve fiber layer between patients with normal- and high-tension-glaucoma with similar structural optic nerve head parameters.

Detailed description

It is till now not definitely clear whether normal- and high-tension glaucoma are different forms of the same disease and whether they have similar pathogenetic mechanisms. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is supposed to objectively evaluate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. The investigators propose a study to compare the RNFL in patients with normal- and high-tension-glaucoma. In order to exclude other possible differences,which could influence the results, only patients with similar structural optic nerve head damage in both groups will be compared.

Conditions

• Normal Tension Glaucoma
• High Tension Glaucoma

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-11-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2011-12-08
• Last updated: 2011-12-09