Glaucoma pressure fight: new device vs laser – which wins?
NCT ID NCT02928289
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new device (VISCO™360) against a standard laser treatment to lower eye pressure in adults with open-angle glaucoma. Only 29 people took part before the study was stopped early. The goal was to see which method works better and is safer for controlling the disease.
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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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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2017
- Finished
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Jan 2019
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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22 years and older
- 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: * Diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in the study eye. * Pseudophakic with Posterior Chamber IOL (PCIOL) * Able and willing to attend follow up visits for two years post-operative * Able and willing to sign informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Phakia or aphakia * Previous glaucoma procedure with or without an implantable glaucoma device (including incisional surgery, ALT, iridectomy/iridotomy, etc.) \[Subjects with one prior SLT application (\>3 months prior to screening) or prior ECP (performed \> 12 months prior to screening) can be enrolled\]. * Use of more than 3 ocular hypotensive medications (combination medications count as 2 medications) * Diagnosis of acute angle closure, traumatic, congenital, malignant, uveitic, pseudoexfoliative, pigmentary or neovascular glaucoma * Abnormal angle anatomy as determined by gonioscopy (e.g. peripheral anterior synechiae, rubeosis or other angle abnormalities) * Participation in any clinical trial ≤ 30 days prior to screening
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Coastal Vision Medical Group
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Dean McGee Eye Institute
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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El Paso Eye Surgeons
El Paso, Texas, 79902, United States
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Ophthalmology Associates
Fort Worth, Texas, 76102, United States
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Vold Vision
Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72704, United States
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Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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