The Baerveldt Versus ClearPath Comparison Study

NCT ID: NCT04468633

Last Updated: 2024-09-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

76 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-17

Study Completion Date

2023-06-29

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized prospective study of post-operative surgical outcomes and complication rates in patients with a Baerveldt 350 implant vs the Ahmed ClearPath implant. Each subject will be randomized to the Baerveldt group or ClearPath group at the time of consent for the study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Glaucoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Baerveldt 350 implant

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Baerveldt 350 implant

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Baerveldt implant is an FDA-approved silicone, non-valved implant.

Ahmed ClearPath 350 implant

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ahmed ClearPath 350 implant

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Ahmed ClearPath is a non-valved glaucoma drainage device.

Interventions

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Baerveldt 350 implant

The Baerveldt implant is an FDA-approved silicone, non-valved implant.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Ahmed ClearPath 350 implant

The Ahmed ClearPath is a non-valved glaucoma drainage device.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men or women with age at screening ≥ 18 years and ≤ 90 years
* Inadequately controlled glaucoma
* Valve-less aqueous shunt as the planned surgical procedure
* Patients with primary glaucomas or pseudoexfoliation, pigmentary and traumatic glaucoma with a previous failed trabeculectomy or other intraocular surgery included.
* Primary tubes included
* Investigators to recruit consecutively all eligible patients from their clinics.
* Superotemporal or inferonasal placement of the tube
* Capable and willing to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria

* NLP
* Unable/unwilling to provide informed consent
* Unavailable for regular follow up
* Previous cyclodestructive procedure
* Prior scleral buckling procedure or other external impediment to supratemporal drainage device implantation
* Presence of silicone oil
* Vitreous in the anterior chamber sufficient to require a vitrectomy
* Uveitic glaucoma
* Neovascular glaucoma
* Nanophthalmos
* Sturge-Weber syndrome or other conditions associated with elevated episcleral venous pressure
* Procedure combined with other surgery
* Any abnormality other than glaucoma in the study eye that could affect tonometry.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Leon Herndon, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duke University

Locations

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Duke Eye Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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PRO00105781

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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