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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Prof
Augusto
Azuara-Blanco
+44 (0)28 9097 6350
a.azuara-blanco@qub.ac.uk
Mrs
Mary
Guiney
+44 (0)28 9615 1447
ACE@nictu.hscni.net
Angle-closure glaucoma
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The ACE study is trying to find out whether people referred by an optician with possible angle closure could be safely diagnosed by healthcare professionals other than eye doctors. Patients will be helping us to determine whether other health professionals besides eye doctors could look after people who have been referred to the eye clinic with angle closure. If the research confirms that this is the case, this will relieve doctors’ time in the NHS and doctors could then see patients with serious eye diseases who require treatment more promptly. In the long term, this would potentially help with waiting times in the NHS. If the study shows that having other health professionals see patients once they are stable is not as good as having doctors evaluating them, then this strategy will not be implemented in the NHS.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37793921/ (added 05/10/2023)
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
Unable to provide informed consent
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Prof
Augusto
Azuara-Blanco
+44 (0)28 9097 6350
a.azuara-blanco@qub.ac.uk
Mrs
Mary
Guiney
+44 (0)28 9615 1447
ACE@nictu.hscni.net
The study is sponsored by Queen's University Belfast and funded by Health Technology Assessment Programme.
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