Systemic Glutathione Level in Normal Tension Glaucoma

NCT ID: NCT00570362

Last Updated: 2010-08-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 49 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2008-10-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether systemic glutathione level is decreased in patients with normal tension glaucoma.

Detailed Description

Normal tension glaucoma is one of the most common cause of primary open angle glaucoma in Korea. Even though, we still do not know what the cause is. Only IOP-lowering drugs are the currently available therapeutic method. Glutathione is one of the mostly high concentrated intracellular antioxidants. We find apoptosis of neuronal cell in the mouse retina by systemic depletion of glutathione using buthionine sulfoximine. Glutathione is also known to be reduced in primary open angle glaucoma with high IOP. So we are planning to evaluate systemic glutathione level in normal tension glaucoma.

Blood samples will be obtained by venipuncture to the antecubital vein of normal tension glaucoma patients and age-matched normal controls. Five milliliters of blood will be collected in EDTA-treated tubes (to prevent oxidation). Thirty microliters of blood will be then transferred into centrifuge tubes, and will be added 33.3 microliter of 5-sulfosalicylic acid (SSA), 100mg/mL within 10 minutes from the blood collection.Each sample will be then diluted with 936.7 microliter sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.5), and the content of each tube will be mixed rapidly in a centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 5 minutes. A portion of supernatant (150 microliter) will be then collected into clean centrifuge tubes and immediately cooled at -70°C. To each well of a 96-well plate, 150 microliter of daily buffer (3 mg NADPH into 10 mL sodium phosphate buffer), 50microliter of DTNB solution, and 25 microliter of standards or samples will be added in quadruplicate, and the plate will be incubated at 37 °C for 3 minutes.Finally, 25 microliter GSSGR will be added to the previous mixture, and the plate will be read at 410 nm using a 96-well plate reader(UV spectrophotometer).

Conditions

Normal Tension Glaucoma

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical Diagnosis of Normal Tension Glaucoma: Patients underwent diurnal IOP phasing and were diagnosed as having normal tension glaucoma(IOP always lesser than 22 mm Hg by applanation tonometry), glaucomatous optic disc cupping on fundoscopic examination, open anterior chamber angles by gonioscopy(Schaffer grade III or more), and repeatable VF defects consistent with the diagnosis of glaucoma, according to results obtained with program 24-2 of the Humphrey Field Analyzer.
• Must be able to provide intravenous blood sampling

Exclusion Criteria

• Narrow iridocorneal angles
• Any evidence of secondary open-angle glaucoma
• Any other ocular disease except cataract
• History of previous intraocular surgery including cataract
• Any other systemic disease except hypertension

The control group was composed of age-matched healthy volunteers who had neither glaucoma nor other ocular diseases such as cataract, diabetic retinopathy or age related macular degeneration. The control group did not show any glaucomatous optic disc cupping on fundoscopic examination or visual field defects with program 24-2 of the Humphrey Field Analyzer. The healthy volunteers in the control group must be able to provide intravenous blood sampling.

• Smoking
• History of any chronic systemic disease with presumed low glutathione levels, including autoimmune diseases, alcoholic liver disease, cancer, and diabetes mellitus.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

The Catholic University of Korea

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

St.Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Principal Investigators

Jung-Il Moon, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of Ophthalmology, St.Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Locations

College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Mary's Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Countries

South Korea

Other Identifiers

CMCEYE-GSH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Merck-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id