New surgical twist may save sight in glaucoma patients
NCT ID NCT07455786
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a modified surgical procedure to lower eye pressure in 20 glaucoma patients whose previous combined cataract and glaucoma surgery did not work well. The surgery avoids a certain eye layer to improve success. The main goal is to see if it safely reduces eye pressure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- modified trabeculectomy (surgical procedure)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this modified surgery could offer a new option to control eye pressure in glaucoma patients whose initial combined surgery did not work.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Surgery always carries risks like infection or bleeding.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients had combined phaco surgery with GATT. * All patients had phaco with goinopuncture. Exclusion Criteria: * Healthy patient. * No history of phaco surgery with GATT or goinopuncture.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assiut univercity
RECRUITINGAsyut, 71111, Egypt
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