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Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) (OHTS)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000125
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 24, 1999
Results First Posted : March 19, 2015
Last Update Posted : June 6, 2018
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Michael Kass, Washington University School of Medicine

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

To determine whether medical reduction of intraocular pressure prevents or delays the onset of glaucomatous visual field loss and/or optic disc damage in ocular hypertensive participants judged to be at moderate risk for developing open-angle glaucoma.

To produce natural history data to assist in identifying patients at most risk for developing open-angle glaucoma and those most likely to benefit from early medical treatment.

To quantify risk factors for developing open-angle glaucoma among ocular hypertensive individuals.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Ocular Hypertension Glaucoma Drug: Topical ocular hypotensive eye drops. Phase 3

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Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 1636 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS)
Study Start Date : February 1994
Actual Primary Completion Date : June 2002
Estimated Study Completion Date : March 2020

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
No Intervention: Observation
Close Observation.
Treatment
Participants treated with commercially available topical ocular hypotensive eye drops.
 Drug: Topical ocular hypotensive eye drops.
Topical ocular hypotensive eye drops.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Incidence of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in Hypotensive Patients [ Time Frame: 5 yrs (OHTS I, June 2002) and 13.0 yrs (completion of both phases of OHTS, March 2009) ]
    Comparison of the cumulative proportion of participants who develop primary open-angle glaucoma in the observation and medication groups.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   40 Years to 80 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria
Men and nonpregnant women between the ages of 40 and 80 with IOP greater than or equal to 24 mm Hg but less than or equal to 32 mm Hg in at least one eye and IOP greater than or equal to 21 but less than or equal to 32 mm Hg in the fellow eye, as well as normal visual fields and optic discs are eligible for the trial. Patients presenting with best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40 in either eye, previous intraocular surgery, a life-threatening or debilitating disease, secondary causes of elevated IOP, angle-closure glaucoma or anatomically narrow angles, other diseases that can cause visual field loss, background diabetic retinopathy, optic disc abnormalities that can produce visual field loss or obscure the interpretation of the optic disc, or unwillingness to undergo random assignment are excluded from the trial.
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Washington University School of Medicine
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Investigators
Study Chair: Michael A Kass, MD Washington University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Additional Information:
RESULTS-Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study.  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

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Responsible Party: Michael Kass, Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000125     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: NEI-24
5U10EY009307-16 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
5U10EY009341-14 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: September 24, 1999    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: March 19, 2015
Last Update Posted: June 6, 2018
Last Verified: May 2018

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension
Ocular Hypertension
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Eye Diseases
Ophthalmic Solutions
Tetrahydrozoline
Antihypertensive Agents
 Pharmaceutical Solutions
Sympathomimetics
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Nasal Decongestants
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Respiratory System Agents