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RecruitingNCT06016712ELIPFHEUpdated Mar 19, 2025

The Effect of Labor on Intraocular Pressure Fluctuation in Healthy Eyes

An interventional study of SENSIMED Triggerfish Eye Lenses in Intraocular Pressure and Delivery, sponsored by Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady. Recruiting at 1 site in Czechia. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-19.

Sponsored by Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Aug 2023; still recruiting 3 years 3 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
9
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Glaucoma is a multifactorial disease, an important risk factor of which is increased intraocular pressure. Fluctuations in intraocular pressure are often associated with vaginal birth, although intraocular pressure during active pushing during stage II has never been measured.. The study will be conducted on a group of patients with healthy eyes on patients who have completely fine vision or have a small refractive error and are accustomed to wearing contact lenses. The measurement of intraocular pressure itself will be carried out using SENSIMED Triggerfish contact lenses, which measure pressure every 5 minutes for 30s. This period roughly corresponds to the duration of 1-2 contractions. Inclusion in the study will be offered to patients in the 35th to 37th week of pregnancy. Prior to measurement patients will be sent to an eye clinic for a detailed examination of both eyes, which includes measuring intraocular pressure. Subsequently, pregnancy checks will take place according to the standard scheme and in the standard scope. At the onset of uterine contractions, an ophthalmologic consultant will be called, which will measure intraocular pressure between contractions using the Tonopen device and put on SENSIMED Trigerfish contact lenses in combination with a local anesthetic. The patient will have these lenses until the end of the third stage of labor, i.e. 2 hours after the birth, when the lenses are removed. In the second stage of labor, continuous monitoring by a cardiotocograph will take place. Subsequently, the obtained data from the cardiotocograph and contact lenses will be evaluated and compared by a team of ophthalmologists and gynecologists, where the investigators will be able to assess the individual fluctuations in intraocular pressure depending on the individual contractions. The aim of the study is to demonstrate or disprove the risks to the glaucoma patient due to increased intraocular pressure during active pushing in combination with uterine contraction.

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Glaucoma is a multifactorial disease, an important risk factor of which is increased intraocular pressure. Fluctuations in intraocular pressure are often associated with vaginal birth, although intraocular pressure during active pushing during stage II has never been measured. The study will be conducted on a group of patients with healthy eyes on patients who have completely fine vision or have a small refractive error and are accustomed to wearing contact lenses. The measurement of intraocular pressure itself will be carried out using SENSIMED Triggerfish contact lenses, which measure pressure every 5 minutes for 30s. This period roughly corresponds to the duration of 1-2 contractions. Inclusion in the study will be offered to patients in the 35th to 37th week of pregnancy.Prior to measurement patients will be sent to an eye clinic for a detailed examination of both eyes, which includes measuring intraocular pressure. Subsequently, pregnancy checks will take place according to the standard scheme and in the standard scope. At the onset of uterine contractions, an ophthalmologic consultant will be called, which will measure intraocular pressure between contractions using the Tonopen device and put on SENSIMED Trigerfish contact lenses in combination with a local anesthetic. The patient will have these lenses until the end of the third stage of labor, i.e. 2 hours after the birth, when the lenses are removed. In the second stage of labor, continuous monitoring by a cardiotocograph will take place. Subsequently, the obtained data from the cardiotocograph and contact lenses will be evaluated and compared by a team of ophthalmologists and gynecologists, where the investigators will be able to assess the individual fluctuations in intraocular pressure depending on the individual contractions. The aim of the study is to demonstrate or disprove the risks to the glaucoma patient due to increased intraocular pressure during active pushing in combination with uterine contraction.

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Conditions studied

  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Delivery

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Keywords

  • Intraocular pressure
  • delivery
  • pregnancy
  • glaucoma
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In context

Glaucoma

1,419 studies on the registry are indexed under Glaucoma; 223 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 9 is below the median of 61 across 964 interventional studies indexed under Glaucoma.

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Lead sponsor

Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady is the lead sponsor of 30 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • physiological pregnancy
  • primiparous women

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • multiparous women
  • pathological pregnancy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
9 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Participant

    SENSIMED Triggerfish lenses will be applied on this Arm and Intraocular pressure during active phase of delivery will be measured

    Device: SENSIMED Triggerfish Eye Lenses

Interventions

  • DeviceSENSIMED Triggerfish Eye Lenses

    Contact lenses used for measuring intraocular pressure.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Fluctuation of Intraocular pressure

    Investigators will use SENSIMED Triggerfish Lenses - contact lenses used for measuring intraocular pressure. Lenses are sending detailed description of intraocular pressure in regular time range. Measurements are then send to the software which compares all collected data.

    Time frame: From start of regular contractions for the length of 24 hours (at least 2 hours after delivery if patient complies about the lenses)

  2. Rate of Uterine contractions

    Cardiotocography will be used for measuring regular uterine activity. Tocography will be used for evaluation of uterine activity compared to intraocular pressure

    Time frame: Continuous CTG will be done during II phase of delivery and at least every 2 hours durins I phase of delivery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 19, 2025, 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
NCT06016712
Lead sponsor
Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady
Responsible party
Jan Zapletal (Medical Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 30, 2023
Start date
Aug 8, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 19, 2025

Study contacts

Jan Zapletal, MD
Contact
honza.zaple@seznam.cz
+420607882602
Alina Dana Baxant, MD
Contact
alinadana.baxant@fnkv.cz
+420734395155
Pavel Studeny, prof, MD, Ph.D.
study chair · Fakultni Nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady

Oversight

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