Glaucoma

The Preservative Freedom Coalition’s recent Glaucoma Patient Experience survey also found a need to better communication between patients and eye care providers.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that only 8.2% of patients who were referred and received a glaucoma evaluation were diagnosed with glaucoma.

Researchers set out to determine the age groups for which a polygenic risk score would most effectively predict glaucomatous risk and help inform cost-effective methods for disease detection.

Key parameters captured by the module include disc area, cup area, cup volume, minimal cup depth, maximum cup depth, cup/disc area ratio, rim absence angle, and disc-damage likelihood scale.

NCX 470 0.1% achieved an intraocular pressure of less than or equal to 18 mmHg compared to latanoprost 0.005% in the trial.

Shan Lin, MD, and John Berdahl, MD, share their perspectives as ophthalmologists regarding the importance of comanagement.

Robert L. Stamper, MD, overviews his optometric track talk titled Objective Perimetry - Can you see it? at this year's Glaucoma 360 meeting.

Yvonne Ou, MD, outlined lifestyle modifications for glaucoma management that have proven beneficial, including yoga and cycling.

Robert L. Stamper, MD, weighs in on what he think more optometrists should know about glaucoma and current misconceptions concerning glaucoma testing.

The new first-line laser treatment for glaucoma and ocular hypertension will be unveiled at the 2025 American Glaucoma Society annual meeting in Washington, DC, from February 26 to March 2.

John Berdahl, MD, overviews the new FYXS Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump and HERCULES trial at the Glaucoma 360 meeting.

Shan Lin, MD, outlines a new generation of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) at Glaucoma 360.

LL-BMT1 is a sustained drug delivery approach via a 3D-printed, drug-eluting contact lens to be used in glaucoma care that successfully completed a Phase 2b clinical trial.

At the Envision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jessica Steen, OD, FAAO talked with glaucoma surgeons on the importance of comanaging patients throughout their lifetime.

At Glaucoma 360 2025, Danica Marrelli, OD, FAAO, dove into the data on visual field testing for patients with glaucoma.

Attention to patients' near visual needs is warranted when choosing medications.

The CREST Registry study reported on the safety and effectiveness outcomes of microinvasive cyclodialysis clef formation with the CycloPen system, followed by scleral reinforcement with AlloFlo Bio-Tissue implantation, according to Iantrek.

All QLS-111 concentrations and dose regimens in both Osprey and Apteryx trials “demonstrated excellent safety and tolerability,” according to the company.

C.Rex is the only MGIS technology on the market that allows for fully titratable 180-360 comprehensive intervention.

The 12-year nationwide cohort found that significant differences in open angle glaucoma risk when assessing the presence of aura were not recorded between the study groups.

Preservatives may disrupt the ocular surface, contributing to poor adherence.

Sherrol Reynolds, OD, FAAO, values the ophthalmic-optometric collaboration on display at the summit, running from February 14-17, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The guideline, titled "Care of the Patient with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma," was developed by the AOA Evidence-based Optometry Guideline Development Group.

Whitecap is currently developing 2 therapies for potential use in glaucoma and geographic atrophy.