Diabetes drug could be key to halting glaucoma blindness

NCT ID NCT05426044

Summary

This study is testing if a common diabetes medication, metformin, can protect the optic nerve and slow vision loss in people with glaucoma. It will involve 125 glaucoma patients whose vision is getting worse despite standard treatment. Participants will take either metformin or a placebo pill daily for two years while doctors track changes in their eye nerve thickness and vision.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • HKU Eye Centre

    RECRUITING

    Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

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