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PEI-GT Trial for Initial Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With Cataract
Sponsor: Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
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 ocular surface health compared with cataract surgery followed by guideline-based glaucoma eye drops? Does early combined surgery improve vision-related quality of life and anxiety compared with the medication-based treatment strategy? What medical problems or complications do participants have after treatment? Researchers will compare phacoemulsification combined with gonioscopy-assisted trabeculotomy to phacoemulsification followed by guideline-based topical eye pressure-lowering medications. Participants will: Undergo cataract surgery with or without gonioscopy-assisted trabeculotomy Attend follow-up visits for 24 months after treatment Have eye pressure, visual acuity, OCT, AS-OCT, visual field, ocular surface, and safety examinations at scheduled visits Complete quality-of-life and anxiety questionnaires at scheduled visits Provide tear samples at selected visits for biomarker testing where applicable
Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Phacoemulsification Combined With Gonioscopy-Assisted Trabeculotomy as Initial Treatment for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With Cataract: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 85 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
106
Start Date
2026-07-15
Completion Date
2030-12-31
Last Updated
2026-07-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
PEI combined with gonioscopy-assisted trabeculotomy
Phacoemulsification combined with Ab interno trabeculotomy performed under gonioscopic visualization for approximately 120 degrees to incise/open the trabecular meshwork and expose Schlemm canal. The cutting instrument will be non-device-dependent, such as a Tanito hook, Lanxin knife, Zeng knife, or bent 25-26G needle; KDB is not included as the cutting blade.
PEI combined with conventional topical IOP-lowering medications
Phacoemulsification combined with guideline-based topical IOP-lowering therapy, generally including prostaglandin analogues unless contraindicated, with beta-blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, alpha-2 agonists, or other agents added or adjusted according to efficacy, tolerance, contraindications, and clinical judgment.
Locations (5)
People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Ningxia, Ningxia, China
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Guangzhou, China
The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University
Luzhou, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Zhengzhou, China
Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Zhuhai, China