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Phaco-Trabeculotomy Vs Phaco-Trabeculectomy

An interventional study of Phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy and Phacoemulsificaiton combined with ab-externo trabeculotomy in Ophthalmopathy, Glaucoma and Glaucoma, Angle-Closure, sponsored by Assiut University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-10-29.

Primary conditionGlaucoma, Angle-ClosureRegistry: Eye DiseasesReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Eye Diseases — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Glaucoma, Angle-Closure
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Glaucoma, Angle-Closure, a narrower term within Eye Diseases.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Assiut University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A prospective, randomized comparative study on adult patients with synechial angle closure glaucoma.

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Patients were randomized into two groups: group A : patients will undergo two site phacoemulfication combined with trabeculectomy Group B with Phacoemulsification combined with ab-externo trabeculotomy. Preoperative assessments including full ophthalmic examination, anterior segment Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) of the angle , endothelial cell count , visual fiend Perimetry and Biometry. Patients were followed up: first day, first week and every two months for 6 month. We will compare adverse effects and outcomes in both groups.

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Conditions studied

  • Ophthalmopathy
  • Glaucoma
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure

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In context

Glaucoma, Angle-Closure Reclassified

91 studies on the registry are indexed under Glaucoma, Angle-Closure; 17 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 57 across 58 interventional studies indexed under Glaucoma, Angle-Closure.

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Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 5,078 studies on the registry; 2,178 are open to participants now.

Of its 14 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

Compared within Glaucoma, Angle-Closure, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Eye Diseases. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma, with or without peripheral anterior synechiae, age more than 18

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient unable for follow up
  • Patients with corneal or retinal disease that affects visual outcome of surgery
  • Patients with previous glaucoma procedure in the eye of study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy

    Patients will undergo Two site phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy with Mitomycin C

    Procedure: Phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy

  • Active comparator
    Phacoemulsificaiton combined with ab-externo trabeculotomy

    Patients will undergo two phacoemulsification combined with deep sclerectomy and ab-externo trabeculotomy

    Procedure: Phacoemulsificaiton combined with ab-externo trabeculotomy

Interventions

  • ProcedurePhacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy

    Patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma assigned to this group will have fornex based trabeculectomy at superior limbus and then phacoemulsification via temporal incision

  • ProcedurePhacoemulsificaiton combined with ab-externo trabeculotomy

    Patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma assigned to this group will have Deep Sclerectomy with ab externo trabeculotomy at superior limbus and then phacoemulsification via temporal incision

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Absolute Success

    Reduction of IOP more than 30% on no glaucoma drops

    Time frame: 1,3,6 months

  2. Visual outcome

    Uncorrected visual acuity by Snellen's chart

    Time frame: 1,3,6 month

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse events

    all intraoperative and postoperative adverse events witt be recorded

    Time frame: 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Assiut University Hospital
    Assiut, 7125, Egypt
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lichter PR, Musch DC, Gillespie BW, Guire KE, Janz NK, Wren PA, Mills RP; CIGTS Study Group. Interim clinical outcomes in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study comparing initial treatment randomized to medications or surgery. Ophthalmology. 2001 Nov;108(11):1943-53. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00873-9. PubMed 11713061 ↗
  • Rebolleda G, Munoz-Negrete FJ. Phacoemulsification in eyes with functioning filtering blebs: a prospective study. Ophthalmology. 2002 Dec;109(12):2248-55. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01246-0. PubMed 12466166 ↗
  • Hansapinyo L, Choy BNK, Lai JSM, Tham CC. Phacoemulsification Versus Phacotrabeculectomy in Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma With Cataract: Long-Term Clinical Outcomes. J Glaucoma. 2020 Jan;29(1):15-23. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001397. PubMed 31702714 ↗
  • Toteberg-Harms M, Wachtl J, Schweier C, Funk J, Kniestedt C. Long-term efficacy of combined phacoemulsification plus trabeculectomy versus phacoemulsification plus excimer laser trabeculotomy. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 2017 Apr;234(4):457-463. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-100291. Epub 2017 Mar 6. PubMed 28264221 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All of the individual participant data in the study , after completion after de-identification

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report, Analytic code

Time frame: after publication and for five years

Access criteria: Anyone who wants to access data

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 29, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04683055
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
Mahmoud F. Rateb (Assitant Professor of Ophthalmology, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 24, 2020
Start date
Oct 28, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2020
Completion
May 1, 2021
Last update
Oct 29, 2021

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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