COLLABORATIVE INITIAL GLAUCOMA TREATMENT STUDY

本应用程序的目的是记录 贝勒医学院眼科，参加 作为一个高效、多产的临床中心，在拟建的 名为“协作性初始青光眼”的中心临床试验 这项研究的目的是评估 早期治疗开角型青光眼更有效 循序渐进的医疗方法或通过外科手术的方法。贝勒 医学院临床中心将通过以下方式参加CIGTS 确定和招募符合条件的患者，管理 CIGTS协调中心分配的治疗方案和 在研究的操作手册中定义，如下和 留住研究患者，记录研究数据并将其传输到 协调中心，并为将呈现 CIGTS结果。 这份申请描述了贝勒医学院的能力 临床中心每年招收约24名患者，基于 在三个月的时间里对患者资格进行了试点研究 句号。我们提供了详细的计划，以确定、招募、跟踪 并留住这些患者，我们的意图是获得持续的高- 关于治疗的视觉结果的高质量数据，以及人员和 我们中心内的设施可用于执行以下规定 CIGTS的操作手册。

The intent of this application is to document the ability of the Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, to participate as an effective and productive clinical center in the proposed multi- center clinical trial entitled "Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS)". This study's purpose is to evaluate whether initial treatment of open angle glaucoma is more effective by means of a stepped medical regimen or by means of a surgical approach. Baylor College of Medicine's Clinical Center will participate in the CIGTS by identifying and recruiting eligible patients, administering the treatment regimen as assigned by the CIGTS's coordinating center and defined within the study's Manual of Operations, following and retaining study patients, recording and transferring study data to the Coordinating Center, and contributing to reports that will present the CIGTS results. This application describes the ability of Baylor College of Medicine's Clinical Center to enroll approximately 24 patients per year, based on pilot studies of patient eligibility conducted during a three-month period. Details are provided of our plans to identify, recruit, follow and retain these patients, our intent to obtain consistently high- quality data on the visual outcomes of treatment, and the personnel and facilities available within our center to carry out the provisions of the CIGTS's Manual of Operations.