Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02972749
Modifiable Factors and Glaucoma - RCT
Modifiable Factors in the Management of Glaucoma - a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 22 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Wolfson Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-12-01
- Completion
- 2017-12-01
- First posted
- 2016-11-23
- Last updated
- 2018-01-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02972749. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.