Patient PReference, Efficacy, and SaFety of an Intracanalicular DExamenthasone InseRt comparEd to Topical PrednisoloNe in PatienTs UndergoIng SequentiAl PhacoemuLsification With Intraocular Lens Surgery OR Combined Phacoemulsification With IOL and a Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
Patient PReference, Efficacy, and SaFety of an Intracanalicular DExamenthasone InseRt comparEd to Topical PrednisoloNe in PatienTs UndergoIng SequentiAl PhacoemuLsification With Intraocular Lens Surgery OR Combined Phacoemulsification With IOL and a Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
To determine patient preference for the dexamethasone insert or topical prednisolone therapy through at Day 45 as measured by - Modified COMTOL survey.
Eyes from 80 patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the assigned treatment, dexamethasone insert placed at the time of surgery, or topical prednisolone acetate 1% therapy prescribed on a tapering dose schedule post-operatively.
Males and Females 18 years and older with 1)Presence of a visually significant cataract with plans to undergo clear cornea cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL), and potential postoperative Snellen pinhole corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) of at least 20/200 in both eyes and 2) 10 patients with mild-to-moderate primary open angle glaucoma and a visually significant cataract with plans to undergo clear cornea cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and implantation of a posterior chamber Intraocular Len (IOL) combined with a Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) procedure in both eyes.
Study visits will consist of eye exam with ocular photos from an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Active or history of chronic or recurrent inflammatory eye disease in either eye
Ocular pain in either eye
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy in either eye
Significant macular pathology detected on macular optical coherence tomography evaluation at the screening visit in either eye
Laser or incisional ocular surgery during the study period and 6 months prior in either eye
Systemic concomitant pain medication management with pharmacologic class of oxycodone
Systemic NSAID use
o Pre-procedural wash-out period for topical NSAIDS, ocular steroid, cyclosporine of 7 days
Clinically significant macular edema (CSME)
History of cystoid macular edema in the study eye