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. 2022 Jun 10;2022(6):CD013817. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013817.pub2

UMIN000019017.

Study name Efficacy of Rho‐kinase inhibitor ophthalmic solution on bleb formation after trabeculectomy, a randomized parallel study
Methods Basic design: parallel
Randomization: randomized
Randomization unit: participants
Masking: open‐label
Participants Inclusion criteria: men and women who have trabeculectomy as the therapy of open‐angle glaucoma which is not sufficiently controlled; age ≥ 20 years
Key exclusion criteria: people who had intraocular surgeries within 6 months; IOP unable to be measured by Goldmann applanation tonometer; conjunctival surgeries (including glaucoma surgeries); allergy to the ingredients of Rho‐kinase inhibitor ophthalmic solution; used Rho‐kinase inhibitor ophthalmic solution before surgery; pregnant or breast‐feeding; people unsuitable for study according to doctor. 
Interventions
  • Ripasudil 0.4% ophthalmic solution twice per day for 3 months

  • No treatment

Outcomes Primary outcomes
  • Transition of IOP for 12 months after surgery

  • Bleb scoring at 6 months after surgery

Starting date 1 November 2015 (no longer recruiting); last follow‐up date: 30 September 2022
Contact information okumic@hiroshima‐u.ac.jp
Notes Study enrolled 112 participants; results of the study were unpublished. 

IOP: intraocular pressure; OHT: ocular hypertension; POAG: primary open‐angle glaucoma.