Glaucoma Awareness

Iantrek’s CREST Registry reports 1-year outcomes for a bio-interventional glaucoma treatment, demonstrating significant IOP reduction, medication reduction, and a favorable safety profile, offering a promising new approach for open-angle glaucoma management.

According to the partners, glaucoma research to be led by internationally renowned glaucoma surgeon Ike Ahmed, MD, FRCSC, distinguished research scientist Fiona McDonnell, PhD, and Ian Pitha, MD, PhD, associate director of the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma Innovation

According to researchers, GPT-4o demonstrates potential in generating comprehensive differential glaucoma diagnoses but falls short in primary diagnostic accuracy, underscoring its role as a complementary tool rather than a standalone diagnostic solution.

The company begins phase 1 trials of oral GAL-101, targeting amyloid beta aggregation. Promising safety and efficacy in ophthalmic models suggest potential for treating dry AMD, glaucoma, and neurodegenerative eye diseases.

A Korean study identified preoperative use of preservative-containing glaucoma medications as a significant risk factor for trabeculectomy failure in POAG patients. The Glaucoma Medication Intensity Index (GMII) predicted long-term outcomes, highlighting the importance of managing medication exposure before surgery.

The study, conducted in 2022, highlights significant variations in glaucoma prevalence across different demographic groups, states, and counties.

In a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2024 annual meeting in Seattle, researchers detailed a novel shunt, which could potentially improve postoperative IOP control and lower the risk of vision-threatening issues.

Available information includes a new promotional toolkit for The Glaucoma Community, glaucoma patient testimonial, and medical expert interview videos.

Louis R. Pasquale, MD, FARVO, will be presented the award by previous winner Robert N. Weinreb, MD.

A recent clinical study demonstrates that low intracranial pressure correlates with impaired patient visibility, especially in the nasal zone.

New educational campaign aims to educate individuals at risk for glaucoma and raise funding for glaucoma research.

Researchers found through DNA sequencing and confirmed in further testing that a genetic mutation in the THBS1 gene led to the development of severe childhood glaucoma. The discovery may improve disease screening and personalize treatments.

According to investigators, retinal aging caused by stress produces symptoms similar to those resulting from natural aging.

According to investigators, findings may underscore the need for sleep therapy in patients at risk for glaucoma, and frequent eye checkups for patients who are poor sleepers.

According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, the collaborative research program will explore some of the common characteristics of glaucoma, Alzheimer’s.

Nanoscope Technologies LLC announced this week it has received Direct Phase II SBIR grant from National Institutes of Health for developing an innovative approach to autonomously regulate pressure for treatment of Glaucoma in a gene-agnostic manner.

In a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting in Chicago, Yu-Yen Chen, MD, PhD, noted that patients diagnosed with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared with those without NTG.

Genotyping and artificial intelligence are together starting to predict the progression of glaucoma in individual patients, sparing them from suboptimal treatments and adverse effects. Recent research efforts are exploring modifiable risk factors such as caffeine consumption.

A research team led by the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong, with collaborators from the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and local and international partners, have developed a new technology ROTA to unveil the optical texture and trajectories of the axonal fiber bundles on the retina.

Timing of type 2 diabetes or hypertension diagnosis may impact the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma.

According to researchers, findings could lead to new screening protocols to catch glaucoma early and preserve vision.

The research points to the importance of isolating offending organism.

According to Sarah Van Tassel, MD, physicians may need to recognize issues and treat patients more holistically.

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, as little as $65 per year appears to influence practitioners, making them up to twice as likely to prescribe the companies’ brand name eyedrops for glaucoma instead of cheaper generic versions.