Community Glaucoma Screening Follow-up

November 26, 2016 updated by: Marlene Moster, MD, Wills Eye

Community Glaucoma Screenings: Assessment of Interventions to Improve Follow-up

The purpose of this study is to determine if one of three interventions improves follow-up rates for screening exam participants who are instructed to have a definitive eye exam.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To determine if one of three interventions: vouchers, telephone calls, and personal contacts, improves follow-up rates for screening exam participants who are instructed to have a definitive eye exam.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All who had an eye screening exam.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Voucher
Voucher for transportation reimbursement
Other: Voucher
Vouchers given to reimburse transportation
Active Comparator: Voucher and call
Voucher for transportation and telephone calls
Other: Voucher
Vouchers given to reimburse transportation
Other: Telephone Call
Telephone reminder calls
Active Comparator: Voucher and call and contact
Voucher for transportation, telephone calls, and a contact at the senior center
Other: Voucher
Vouchers given to reimburse transportation
Other: Telephone Call
Telephone reminder calls
Other: Contact
Contact at senior center to encourage follow up

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Definitive follow-up eye exam
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Wills Eye

Collaborators

Temple University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jeffrey D Henderer, MD, Temple University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2002

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2002

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 10, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 10, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

August 11, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 26, 2016

Last Verified

November 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 433

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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