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

NCT01052558.

Trial name or title A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel Groups, Multicenter Clinical Investigation of the Glaukos Trabecular Micro‐bypass Stent Model GTS400 in Conjunction With Cataract Surgery
Methods Study design: parallel‐group RCT
Unit of randomization: not reported
Number randomized: estimated 500; 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: USA (22 sites)
Age: not reported; 18 to 90 years eligible
Gender: not reported, both genders eligible
Ethnicity: not reported
Inclusion criteria:
  1. open‐angle glaucoma in study eye

  2. taking 1 to 3 glaucoma medications

  3. able and willing to attend follow‐up visits for two years

  4. able and willing to sign informed consent


Exclusion criteria:
  1. pseudoexfoliative or pigmentary glaucoma

  2. previous glaucoma surgery of any type


Equivalence of baseline characteristics: not reported
Diagnoses in participants: open‐angle glaucoma and cataract
Interventions Intervention 1: combined cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) and iStent® implantation
Intervention 2: cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) alone
Study follow‐up: 12 months
Outcomes Primary outcome: proportion of participants with 12 month diurnal IOP ≤ 21 mmHg without use of ocular hypotensive medications for 4 weeks or more prior to 12 month visit
Secondary outcomes: not reported
Adverse events assessed: not reported
Intervals at which outcomes assessed: not reported
Starting date January 2010
Contact information Study Director: Jeff Wells, PharmD, MBA (Glaukos Corporation)
Study Chair: Jay Katz, MD (Wills Eye Institute; Thomas Jefferson University)
Notes Type of study: ongoing
Study period: enrolment from January 2010 to September 2013
Funding source: Glaukos Corporation
Disclosures of interest: affiliation with Glaukos Corporation
Publication language: English
Subgroup analysis: none reported