Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of Kahook Dual Blade ab interno trabeculectomy combined with phacoemulsification compared to stand-alone conventional cataract surgery.
Methods
A single-center longitudinal, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Patients older than 18 years with coexisting cataract and open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension were invited to participate. Preoperative and postoperative clinical data were collected and analyzed preoperatively and at months 1, 3, 6, and 12 after the procedure. Main outcome measures included best corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, number of glaucoma medications, endothelial cell count, and standard automated perimetry.
Results
Forty-two eyes from 33 patients were randomly allocated to the combined cataract and KDB (treatment, n = 21) or cataract alone (control, n = 21) groups. Intraocular pressure decreased from 17.9 ± 3.5 to 16.0 ± 2.2 mmHg and from 17.3 ± 2.5 to 15 ± 3.2 mmHg at the last visit in the treatment and control groups (p = 0.47). The use of glaucoma medications was reduced from a median (IQR) 1 (1–2) to 0 (0–0) in the treatment group and from 1 (1–2) to 0 (0–1) in the control group, with no significant differences between groups at the 12-month visit (p = 0.47). Best corrected visual acuity, endothelial cell count, and standard automated perimetry remained similar during follow-up in both groups.
Conclusions
In patients with well-controlled, mild-to-moderate glaucoma, adding ab interno trabeculectomy with KDB to phacoemulsification might not be more effective than phacoemulsification alone to reach mid-teens IOP values. Both procedures showed similar safety profiles.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04202562, December 17, 2019 retrospectively registered
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Data availability
Data are available upon reasonable request. No personal information that could reveal the identity of any of the participants will be transferred.
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Presented in part as a poster at the European Glaucoma Society Meeting in Florence, 2018 and as an oral communication at the Spanish Glaucoma Society Congress in Madrid, 2019. The authors would like to extend thanks to Drs. Bárbara Burgos-Blasco, Carlos Narváez-Palazón, and Sara García-Caride for their coordination efforts in this study and to thank Dr. Teresa Valverde-Higueras for assistance in processing of the data.
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NVA and JGF contributed equally as first authors and wrote the manuscript and interpreted the data; JMMC designed the study protocol; JGF and JMMC equally contributed to patients’ intervention; NVA, JGF, and JMMC ran the trial and drafted sections of the manuscript; LMF assisted with the coordination of the study; NVA, MB, and MP conducted the data analysis, assisted with interpretation of results, and drafted sections of the manuscript; all authors revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content.
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Ventura-Abreu, N., García-Feijoo, J., Pazos, M. et al. Twelve-month results of ab interno trabeculectomy with Kahook Dual Blade: an interventional, randomized, controlled clinical study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 259, 2771–2781 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05213-0
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