Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study (FFSS)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1988-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To determine whether postoperative subconjunctival injections of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) increase the success rate of filtering surgery in patients at high risk for failure after standard glaucoma filtering surgery.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Eye Institute (NEI)
• Treatments: Fluorouracil

Criteria

Men and women with uncontrolled intraocular pressure greater than 21 mm Hg in one or both eyes despite maximal tolerated therapy and who were aphakic or had undergone previous filtering surgery were eligible to participate.