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Glaucoma is a progressive optical neuropathy, generally associated with ocular hypertension. The treatment aims to stabilize the visual field deficiencies by lowering the intraocular pressure. Due to the fluctuation of the visual field test and re-test measures, the European recommendations are to obtain 6 visual field tests in 2 years (or one every 4 months) in order to know if the pathology is progressing despite the current treatment (or if the treatment is necessary, in cases of intraocular hypertensions). The lack of ophthalmologists renders the monitoring of a beginning glaucoma, rarely compatible with the present recommendations. It is therefore crucial to evaluate new therapeutic alternatives, when faced to a decreasing medical demography and an increase the patient's needs.
This study should allow to validate the possibility to delegate monitoring tasks to orthoptists during glaucoma surveillance. To organize the delegation of this surveillance to orthoptists would permit a better distribution of the ophthalmologist's activities.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with glaucoma | Patients presenting an open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring by an orthoptist then by an ophthalmologist | Other | At each visit, the usual monitoring tests will be collected and viewed by the orthoptist then by the ophthalmologist concerning the necessity of an anticipated ophthalmological consultation |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| detection by the orthoptists of an abnormality that would require an anticipated ophthalmologic consultation | 20 month of follow-up |
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Patient with an open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Centre hospitalier | Angers | France | ||||
| Hôpital Ambroise-Paré |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D005901 | Glaucoma |
| ID | Term |
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| D009798 | Ocular Hypertension |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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| Boulogne-Billancourt |
| France |
| Clinique Universitaire d'Ophtalmologie | Grenoble | France |
| Fondation Ophtalmologique A de Rothschild | Paris | 75019 | France |