A Study to Evaluate Aqueous Outflow Facility Following Scleral Buckle Surgery

Overview

About this study

The purpose of this study is to determine the changes in in-vivo aqueous outflow facility following scleral buckling, allowing for a more accurate understanding of how the eye adapts to the presence of the encircling band.

 

 

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults, ≥ 18 years of age.
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent.
  • Patients who have undergone unilateral scleral buckle only surgery (i.e., no vitrectomy) with a 360° encircling band.

Exclusion Criteria: 

  • Individuals < 18 years of age.
  • Diagnosis of glaucoma or glaucoma suspect.
  • Unilateral ocular hypertension.
  • Difference in lens status (i.e., pseudophakic vs phakic) between the two eyes.
  • Preoperative (pre-buckle) anisometropia > 2.5 D.
  • Current use of steroid medications (oral, topical, inhaled, injected, or other).
  • Use of IOP-lowering medications.
  • Active or chronic uveitis.
  • Diseases or processes which affect the iridocorneal angle, including but not limited to neovascular glaucoma, iridocorneal endothelial syndrome, peripheral anterior synechiae, etc.
  • Monocular status (enucleated or phthisical fellow eye, or fellow eye with visual acuity less than 20/100).
  • History of previous vitreoretinal surgery in either eye.
  • Inability to lay completely supine for the required time period.

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location Status Contact

Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Arthur Sit, M.D., M.S.

Closed-enrolling by invitation

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Not open to everyone who meets the eligibility criteria, but only those invited to participate by the study team.

Contact information:

Arthur Sit M.D., M.S.

(507) 284-2787

Sit.Arthur@mayo.edu

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