Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Robin, Alan L., M.D.

Code:

NCT00750646

Conditions

Glaucoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

MEMS cap

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is interested in monitoring how patients take eye drops, both through video-recordings and adherence monitoring, as well as their perceptions about their eye medications; including the dosing schedules, instillation techniques and effect on their disease.

Conditions

Glaucoma

Study ID

NCT00750646

Start date

Sep, 2008

Status verified date

Sep, 2008

Completion date

Aug, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • >18 year old
  • currently taking 1 or more hypotensive topical eye drops takes drops in the right eye for more than 6 months expect to continue drop use for the next 3 months
  • subjects instill their own eye drops
  • subject is able to take HVF tests
  • subject will expect to complete the 3 months enrollment period

Exclusion Criteria:

  • unable/unwilling to instill own medications
  • eye drops are discontinued
  • unable to take HVF test
  • unable to complete follow-up
  • investigators discontinue subject for safety reasons
  • not using drops in left eye

Study Design

Enrollment

220 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

A

Subject's adherence to prescribed therapy will be monitored with an electronic compliance device.

Interventions

MEMS cap

The Medication Event Monitoring System will be used to assess the level of subject adherence to recommended topical eye drop therapy.

Primary outcome measure

  • Medication adherence measured by MEMS caps [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
  • Eye drop technique measured by video evaluation [ Time Frame: 1 time observation ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jennifer L Stone, OD

410 377 2422jstone@glacuomaexpert.com

Colleen K Protzko

4103772422cprotzko@glaucomaexpert.com

Locations

Glaucoma Specialists

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21209

Contacts

Colleen K Protzko

410-377-2422cprotzko@glaucomaexpert.com

Millie Brummett

4103772422

Principal Investigator:

Jennifer L Stone, OD

More Information

Sponsor

Robin, Alan L., M.D.

Last update posted

Sep 10, 2008

Last verified

Sep, 2008

Keywords

  • compliance
  • eye drop administration
  • MEMS
  • adherence

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Robin, Alan L., M.D. on 2008-09-10.