The intent of this application is to document the ability of the University of Southern California to participate as an effective and productive clinical center in the proposed multicenter clinical trial, entitled """"""""Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study"""""""" (CIGTS). This study's purpose is to evaluate whether initial treatment of open-angle glaucoma is more effective by means of a stepped, medical regimen or by means of a surgical approach. The University of Southern California's Clinical Center will participate in the CIGTS by identifying and recruiting eligible patients, administering the treatment regimen as assigned by the CIGTS's Coordinating Center and defined within the study's Manual of Operations, following and retaining study patients, recording and transferring study data to the Coordinating Center, and contributing to reports that will present the CIGTS results. This application describes the ability of the University of Southern California's Clinical Center to enroll approximately 18 patients per year, based upon pilot studies of patient eligibility conducted during a three-month period. Details are provided of our plans to identify, recruit, follow, and retain these patients, our intent to obtain consistently high quality data on the visual outcomes of treatment, and the personnel and facilities available within our center to carry out the provisions of the CIGTS's Manual of Operations.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Cooperative Clinical Research--Cooperative Agreements (U10)
Project #
5U10EY009100-10
Application #
6518463
Study Section
Vision Research and Training Committee (VSN)
Program Officer
Everett, Donald F
Project Start
1993-07-01
Project End
2003-12-31
Budget Start
2002-07-01
Budget End
2003-12-31
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$94,969
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Ophthalmology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041544081
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089
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Chen, Philip P; Musch, David C; Niziol, Leslie M (2011) The effect of early posttrabeculectomy intraocular pressure spike in the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study. J Glaucoma 20:211-4
Musch, David C; Gillespie, Brenda W; Lichter, Paul R et al. (2009) Visual field progression in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study the impact of treatment and other baseline factors. Ophthalmology 116:200-7
Jampel, Henry D; Musch, David C; Gillespie, Brenda W et al. (2005) Perioperative complications of trabeculectomy in the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study (CIGTS). Am J Ophthalmol 140:16-22
Gillespie, Brenda W; Musch, David C; Guire, Kenneth E et al. (2003) The collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study: baseline visual field and test-retest variability. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44:2613-20
Mills, R P; Janz, N K; Wren, P A et al. (2001) Correlation of visual field with quality-of-life measures at diagnosis in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS). J Glaucoma 10:192-8
Janz, N K; Wren, P A; Lichter, P R et al. (2001) The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study: interim quality of life findings after initial medical or surgical treatment of glaucoma. Ophthalmology 108:1954-65
Janz, N K; Wren, P A; Lichter, P R et al. (2001) Quality of life in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients : The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study. Ophthalmology 108:887-97; discussion 898
Lichter, P R; Musch, D C; Gillespie, B W et al. (2001) Interim clinical outcomes in the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study comparing initial treatment randomized to medications or surgery. Ophthalmology 108:1943-53
Musch, D C; Lichter, P R; Guire, K E et al. (1999) The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study: study design, methods, and baseline characteristics of enrolled patients. Ophthalmology 106:653-62