82
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2013
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
August 3, 2019
GDD
The surgery includes conjunctival incision, placement and securing the GDD plate in one quadrant, paracentesis and tube insertion into the anterior chamber, tube fixation to the episclera.
Amniotic Membrane Graft
For subjects assigned to the treatment group, Amnioguard is used to cover the shunt tube. The conjunctiva is then closed.
Pericardial Graft
For subjects assigned to the control group Tutoplast is used to cover the tube. The conjunctiva is then closed.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York
Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
Harkness Eye Institute/ Columbia University, New York
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami
National Eye Institute (NEI)
NIH
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
OTHER
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
OTHER
Columbia University
OTHER
BioTissue Holdings, Inc
INDUSTRY