Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Glaucoma

NCT ID: NCT05626491

Last Updated: 2024-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-28

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The overall aim of this study is to see whether long-term electrical stimulation with a home-stimulation device works well and is safe for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. Open-Angle Glaucoma is a disease where the nerves in the back of your eye die off faster than expected regardless of your eye pressure.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Glaucoma Glaucoma, Open-Angle

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Active SAVIR Alpha Synch Mobile device (SASm)

Patients will receive active treatment with the device every other day over 8 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Repetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients receive treatment every other day via a headband that delivers electrical stimulation to the retina

Sham SAVIR Alpha Synch Mobile device (SASm)

Patients will receive sham treatment (no active stimulation) with the device every other day over 8 weeks.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham Repetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients receive sham treatment (no active stimulation) every other day via a headband.

Interventions

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Repetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS)

Patients receive treatment every other day via a headband that delivers electrical stimulation to the retina

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham Repetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS)

Patients receive sham treatment (no active stimulation) every other day via a headband.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Electrical Stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Participant must be at least 18.
2. Participant must has the ability to comply with the requirements of the study and complete the schedule of events (SOE).
3. Participant's clinical diagnosis must be consistent with glaucoma characterized by the following features: Mean deviation (MD) worse than -3 on Humphrey Visual Field 24-2 testing. Reliable visual field measures, fixation losses do not exceed 20% and false positives do not exceed 20%.
4. Visual Field Index between 10 and 90%
5. Corrected visual acuity ≥ 1.00 (logMAR), 20/200 (Snellen), 0.10 (decimal)
6. In the opinion of the investigator the participant's eye pressure must be clinically stable.
7. If a participant has two eyes meeting study criteria, the worse eye as determined by mean deviation. If both eyes qualify and have the same MD, the patient may choose which eye they are willing to enter, or else a randomization procedure will assign one eye to the study.
8. Participant must understand and sign the informed consent. If the participant's vision is impaired to the point where he/she cannot read the informed consent document, the document will be read to the participant in its entirety.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participant is unable to comply with study procedures or follow-up visits.
2. Participant has a history of ocular herpes zoster.
3. Participant has pathological nystagmus
4. Participant has evidence of visually significant retinopathy including but not limited to Diabetic retinopathy or retinitis pigmentosa.
5. Participant has evidence of corneal opacification or lack of optical clarity.
6. Participant has uveitis or other ocular inflammatory disease.
7. Participant has any electric or electronic implants such as a pacemaker.
8. Participant has acute conjunctivitis.
9. Participant has acute autoimmune disease.
10. Participant is currently participating in or has within the last 3 months participated in any other clinical trial of a drug by ocular (if in the study eye) or systemic administration.
11. Participant is pregnant or lactating.
12. Participant has, in the opinion of the investigator, any physical or mental condition that would increase the risk of participation in the study or may interfere with the study procedures, evaluations and outcome assessments. Including but not limited to all forms of dementia.
13. Unresected brain tumors
14. Implanted intracranial magnetic metals (metallic implants in the head / skull such as clamps, coils, ventriculo-peritoneal shunts, endoprostheses, etc.), which are not MRI-compatible. Note: metallic dental implants and titanium screws or plates are acceptable
15. Patients with any skin damage.
16. Children and comatose patients.
17. Patients with history of epileptic seizure within the last 10 years.
18. Patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension or uncontrolled diabetes.
19. Self-reported alcohol or illicit drug addictions within the last 12 months.
20. Participant is not able to travel, to comply with the requirements of the study or not willing to complete the schedule of events (SOE) and/or unable to confirm follow-up participation
21. Prior participation in a vision training/stimulation study in the last 12 months
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NYU Langone Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wills Eye

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jeffrey L Goldberg

Professor of Ophthalmology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jeffrey L Goldberg, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Bernhard Sable, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Joeseph F Panarelli, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NYU- Langone

Joel Schuman, MD,FACS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wills Eye

Locations

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Byers Eye Institute

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NYU- Langone

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Wills Eye Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Otto-von-Guericke University

Magdeburg, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Germany

Facility Contacts

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Study Team

Role: primary

650-497-5942

Study Team

Role: primary

917-257-9091

Study Team

Role: primary

215-928-3163

Study Team

Role: primary

+49-391-672-1800

Other Identifiers

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58329

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id