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Table 4.

Characteristics of ongoing studies [ordered by study ID]

JPRN 2009
Trial name or title	Acupuncture for Glaucoma.
Methods	This is an interventional, parallel, randomized study.
Participants	Inclusion criteria: patients with glaucoma treated for at least one year with ocular hypotensive medication Exclusion criteria: laser trabeculoplasty, any ocular surgery; inflammation within one year; other abnormal ocular condition; or starting or adjusting the use of any systemic medication affecting intraocular pressure (IOP) within three months
Interventions	Patients will be randomly assigned to either standard treatment or standard treatment plus acupuncture
Outcomes	1. IOP. 2. Blood flow volume of eyeball.
Starting date	27/10/2009.
Contact information	t-seki@m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
Notes	Recruitment status: not yet recruiting.