OCULAR HYPERTENSION TREATMENT STUDY (OHTS)

描述（研究者摘要） “这是一个申请成为参与临床中心， 高眼压治疗研究（OHTS）。 完整的细节 OHTS原理、设计和方法包含在OHTS手册中， 程序. 本提案提供了俄亥俄州能力的完整文件 州立大学眼科系筛查大量 高眼压患者，入组至少85例合格患者 每年，即，24个月内170名患者。 (We将入组 至少50名患者，但我们在这里展示了我们的能力 #21477;，可轻松招募170人）。 提供了关于拟议调查员能力的文件 及其工作人员进行研究的雅阁 OHTS程序手册，其承诺的性质和范围 到俄亥俄州州立大学的OHTS;以及20多个 该地区将转诊或随访患者的从业人员/组织 筛选入组并随机分配至OHTS临床治疗 审判"

DESCRIPTION (Investigator's Abstract) "This is an application to become a participating Clinical Center in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS). The complete details of the OHTS rationale, design, and methods are contained in the OHTS Manual of Procedures. This proposal provides complete documentation of the ability of The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology to screen large numbers of ocular hypertensive patients and to enroll at least 85 eligible patients per year, i.e., 170 patients over a 24-month period. (We will enroll at least 50 patients total, as required; but we demonstrate here our ability to easily recruit as many as 170.) Documentation is provided of the capabilities of the proposed investigators and their staff for the performance of the study in accord with the details of the OHTS Manual of procedures, the nature and extent of their commitment to the OHTS at The Ohio State University; and a list of more than 20 practitioners/organizations in the area who will refer or follow patients screened for enrollment and randomization to treatment in the OHTS clinical trial."