Glaucoma compliance aids research project

ISRCTN	ISRCTN25754048
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN25754048
Protocol serial number	N0034186696
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Funder	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Prospectively registered

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Individual participant data

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Not provided at time of registration

Mrs Carol Lomas
Scientific

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Barnsley
S75 2EP
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Glaucoma compliance aids research project
Study objectives	1. Do patients receiving glaucoma compliance aids show higher compliance rates with their mediations than those without the aids? 2. Do patients rate the treatment aid as easy to use?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Eye Diseases: Glaucoma
Intervention	Glaucoma compliance aids vs no aids.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Improvement of compliance in using glaucoma medications, based on rates of using the daily treatment dose before and after using the glaucoma compliance aid. 2. Ease of using compliance aids, based on patients answers to questions related to: squeezing out drops, getting drops into eye, difficulty in squeezing bottle, difficulty in controlling number of drops, difficulty aiming drops.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	No secondary outcome measures
Completion date	01/03/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	100
Key inclusion criteria	1. Primary open angle glaucoma patients 2. Patients using prostaglandin analogues anti glaucoma medications only 3. Patients putting eye drops themselves
Key exclusion criteria	1. Patients with other eye problems 2. Patients using more than one topical medication 3. Patients not able to consent to participate in the project 4. Patients not putting eye drops themselves 5. Patients under the age of 40 years of age
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2006
Date of final enrolment	01/03/2007

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Barnsley
S75 2EP
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes