Optic Nerve Head Strain in Non-glaucoma Subjects

ConditionGlaucoma
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseEarly Phase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age30-90
SponsorJohns Hopkins University

About this trial

Persons who do not have glaucoma will have pictures taken of the optic nerve with a standard camera before and 2 weeks after starting to take a daily glaucoma eye drop to lower eye pressure. These data will be used to compare to the same procedure performed with glaucoma patients to study how glaucoma injures the eye.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adults who have no history of OAG

Have an ocular examination by a glaucoma specialist with no indications of OAG

Have normal optical coherence tomography findings in the retinal nerve fiber layer.

Over age 30 will be included from

Disqualifiers

in whom sitting in an upright position is impossible due to physical disability

with ocular media opacity, corneal scarring, cataract or vitreous hemorrhage, that does not allow adequate imaging resolution.

in whom keeping the eyes open during the imaging procedure is not possible or uncomfortable.

who cannot perform home tonometry accurately at certification

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Latanoprost (0.005%)

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

Johns Hopkins University

Lead sponsor

National Eye Institute (NEI)

Collaborator