Clinical Trial: PEI-GT Trial for Initial Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With Cataract

U.S., July 15 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07700498) titled 'PEI-GT Trial for Initial Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With Cataract' on July 07.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether doing phacoemulsification combined with gonioscopy-assisted trabeculotomy as an initial treatment can reduce the burden of glaucoma eye drops in adults with primary open-angle glaucoma and cataract. It will also learn whether this early surgical strategy improves ocular surface health and vision-related quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does early combined surgery reduce the need for long-term glaucoma medications? Does early combined surgery improve...