OCULAR HYPERTENSION TREATMENT STUDY (OHTS)

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

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Abstract

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 Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Krieger Eye Institute, Sinai Hospital, to screen large numbers of ocular hypertensive patients and to enroll at least 100 eligible patients over a 24-month period. 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."