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Study will assess glaucoma imaging devices
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CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute will organize and coordinate a study of imaging techniques for glaucoma, the institute announced in a press release.
The study will test whether digital imaging devices, including optical coherence tomography, scanning laser polarimetry and scanning laser tomography, can detect glaucoma and glaucoma progression earlier than visual field testing, according to the press release.
David Huang, MD, PhD, will serve as lead investigator on the Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma study, which will enroll 800 people: 200 without glaucoma, 200 with glaucoma who have related vision loss and 400 people who either are suspected of having glaucoma but have not yet been definitively diagnosed or who have been diagnosed but have no vision loss yet. The research will be primarily focused on the early stages of open-angle glaucoma, the press release noted.
The National Eye Institute awarded the Cole Eye Institute $6 million for the study, the release said.