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Diseases / Glaucoma

Glaucoma

Disease

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve and can cause progressive vision loss if untreated. It is often asymptomatic in early stages and can lead to irreversible blindness. Early detection and intraocular pressure-lowering treatment are central to management.

Trials
1350
Recruiting
120
Completed
792
With results
215

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 117 9
Phase 1 11126224 37
Phase 1/2 41216216 32
Phase 2 3370224 84
Phase 2/3 101 11
Phase 3 61182102214 118
Phase 4 83212512725 182
Not applicable 61194825428162112 504
Unknown 3610612202198791 373

Trials started per year

2021
22
2022
54
2023
62
2024
51
2025
68
2026
62
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Glaucoma 937328411118182504373 1350
Ocular Hypertension 151851165634956 318
Glaucoma, Open-Angle 61234338488959 289
Cataract 131753821 76
Eye Diseases 1413182010 48
Macular Degeneration 12123 45
Diabetic Retinopathy 12217 40
Hypertension 69453 27
Low Tension Glaucoma 134712 27
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure 1121210 26

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Alcon Research7723
2Wills Eye373
3Allergan3312
4Glaukos Corporation224
5Medical University of Vienna171
6Stanford University160
7University of Zurich160
8Duke University140
9Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.144
10Sensimed AG140

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Latanoprost92
2Timolol75
3Travoprost63
4Ophthalmic Solutions52
5Trabeculectomy44
6Bimatoprost42
7Brimonidine Tartrate35
8brinzolamide35
9dorzolamide26
10Mitomycin24

Evidence

Results reported
27.1%215 of 792 completed
Published
15%119 of 792 completed
Primary endpoint met
28%35 of 125 analyses
Median months to report
14

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
99
Statistical analysis plan
90
PubMed citations
414

Trial profile

Median enrollment
70
Median duration
21.3months
Countries
80
Study sites
2434

Who is enrolled

Adults
1326
Children
129
Older adults
1297
Healthy volunteers
352

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
56
Phase 1
24
Phase 1/2
65
Phase 2
83
Phase 2/3
40
Phase 3
141
Phase 4
56
Not applicable
60
Unknown
100

Where trials run

United States
476
Canada
82
Germany
62
China
58
Italy
50
France
49
Switzerland
47
United Kingdom
47
Spain
42
Egypt
37

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1PhiladelphiaUnited States54
2New YorkUnited States42
3GuangzhouChina32
4San AntonioUnited States30
5TorontoCanada29
6LondonUnited Kingdom28
7DurhamUnited States27
8HoustonUnited States27
9MadridSpain26
10Newport BeachUnited States26

Terminations

Terminated
75
Withdrawn
38
Suspended
4
Stopped for recruitment
1.9%26 of 1350 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
68
Recruitment
26
Funding
10
COVID-19
6
Business decision
3
Lack of efficacy
2
Regulatory
2

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05581498 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of funding 2028-12-31
NCT06709300 Withdrawn Withdrawn Executive decision by the company not to execute the study 2026-07-31
NCT06230393 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decision to close this extension study due to reduction in sample size. 2025-12-04
NCT04500574 Terminated Terminated Low recruitment 2025-10-10
NCT07071129 Terminated Terminated Due to Covid pandemic 2025-09-07
NCT06321562 Terminated Terminated The study was terminated early due to the difficulties to enrol participant 2025-06-26
NCT05690152 Terminated Terminated Study software was discontinued prior to completion of the study. 8 total subjects had been recruited at that time, but none completed the duration of the study period. 2025-03-10
NCT06190028 Terminated Terminated The investigation was prematurely interrupted with 65 patients enrolled due to difficulties in recruiting patients. However the results observed in the interim analysis demonstrate the performance of the investigational device. 2025-03-10
NCT03798145 Withdrawn Withdrawn Investigator left institution 2024-12-31
NCT05273385 Terminated Terminated A similar study has been published by other groups and this study is no longer needed. 2024-12-10

Trial records

Individual study records live on ClinicalTrials.gov. A sample of the trials counted above:

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