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. 2015 Jul 14;2015(7):CD008671. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008671.pub3

NCT00326066.

Trial name or title A Study of the Trabecular Micro‐bypass Stent in Combination With Cataract Surgery in Subjects With Newly Diagnosed Open Angle Glaucoma and Subjects Diagnosed With Ocular Hypertension
Methods Study design: parallel‐group RCT
Unit of randomization: not reported
Number randomized: 47 total; per group not reported
Unit of analysis: not reported
Number analyzed: not reported
Exclusions and losses to follow‐up: not reported
Power calculation: none reported
Participants Country: Vienna, Austria (Vienna Medical Hospital); Germany (Mainz University, Mainz; Augenklinik der Technischen Universitat, Munich; Universitats‐ Augenklinik, Wurzburg); Netherlands (The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam; Ophthalmic Clinic, Rotterdam); Spain (Clinico San Carlos, Madrid; Instituto Oftalmologico de Aragon, Zaragoza); Turkey (Beyoglu Eye Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul)
Age: not reported; 18 years and older eligible
Gender: not reported, both genders eligible
Ethnicity: not reported
Inclusion criteria:
  1. newly diagnosed with open‐angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension and not yet taking any glaucoma medications or recently diagnosed with mild open‐angle glaucoma and being treated with up to 2 glaucoma medications

  2. needing cataract surgery


Exclusion criteria:
  1. angle‐closure glaucoma

  2. secondary glaucomas (except pseudoexfoliative and pigmentary), neovascular, uveitic or angle recession glaucoma

  3. previous glaucoma procedures (e.g., trabeculectomy, viscocanalostomy, argon laser trabeculoplasty, selective laser trabeculoplasty, shunt implant, collagen implant, cyclodestructive procedures)

  4. fellow eye already enrolled


Equivalence of baseline characteristics: not reported
Diagnoses in participants: open‐angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension and cataract
Interventions Intervention 1: combined cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) and 2 iStent® implantations
Intervention 2: cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) alone
Study follow‐up: 24 months
Outcomes Primary outcome: efficacy (reduction in IOP)
Secondary outcomes: not reported
Adverse events assessed: not reported
Intervals at which outcomes assessed: not reported
Starting date February 2005
Contact information Study Director: Head of Clinical Affairs (Glaukos Corporation)
Notes Type of study: ongoing
Study period: enrolment from February 2005 to May 2013
Funding source: Glaukos Corporation
Disclosures of interest: affiliation with Glaukos Corporation
Publication language: English
Subgroup analysis: none reported