Lucentis Versus Mitomycin C During Glaucoma Surgery

Summary

Does a new add on (or adjunctive) therapy used in glaucoma surgery improve the success of trabeculectomy? Ranibizumab may offer benefit similar to mitomycin C in preventing epi-scleral fibrosis while avoiding the well known complications of mytomycin C which include late bleb leaks, hypotony and infection.

Timeline

Start

2008-01

Primary completion

2011-04

Completion

2011-04

Publications

• Results Pro MJ, Freidl KB, Neylan CJ, Sawchyn AK, Wizov SS, Moster MR. Ranibizumab versus mitomycin C in primary trabeculectomy--a pilot study. Curr Eye Res. 2015 May;40(5):510-5. doi: 10.3109/02713683.2014.935441. Epub 2014 Jul 14.

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