An Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Repetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS) for the Treatment of Optic Neuropathies
Stanford University
Summary
The overall aim of this study is to see whether long-term electrical stimulation with a home-stimulation device works well and is safe for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. Open-Angle Glaucoma is a disease where the nerves in the back of your eye die off faster than expected regardless of your eye pressure.
Description
This is a concurrent open-label study for patients who are deemed safe to participate in the electrical stimulation trial but do not fit the exact criteria for the randomized clinical trial.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participant must be at least 18. 2. Participant must has the ability to comply with the requirements of the study and complete the schedule of events (SOE). 3. Participant's clinical diagnosis must be consistent with glaucoma characterized by the following features: Mean deviation (MD) worse than -3 on Humphrey Visual Field 24-2 testing. Reliable visual field measures, fixation losses do not exceed 20% and false postivies do not exeed 20%. 4. In the opinion of the investigator the participant's eye pressure must be clinically stable. 5. If a participant has two eyes mee…
Interventions
- DeviceRepetitive, Transorbital Alternating Current Stimulation (rtACS)
Patients receive treatment every other day via a headband that delivers electrical stimulation to the retina
Location
- Byers Eye InstitutePalo Alto, California