The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if nicotinamide (NAM, vitamin B3) supplementation can delay glaucoma progression 30% above that achieved with conventional glaucoma treatment using topical medication. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Can NAM supplementation improve the visual function of patients with glaucoma measured by visual field perimetry?
Researchers will compare NAM to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if NAM works as an adjuvant in glaucoma treatment.
Participants will:
* Take NAM or a placebo every day for 2 years
* Visit the clinic once every 3-4 months for checkups and tests
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
21 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients aged ³ 21 years, with definitive, treated POAG, PACG including normal tension glaucoma, PDG, PXFG in one or both eyes.
* Best-corrected visual acuity equal or better than 6/18
* Reproducible visual field defect due to glaucoma (3 contiguous points at less than 5%) and severity of visual field loss, MD between -2 and -18 dB. This range includes people with moderate disease which optimises detection of progression.
* Patients must have at least two prior 24-2 VF tests which meet \<16% FP and \<21% fixation loss.
* Previous selective laser trabeculoplasty is acceptable (IOP-lowering laser treatment) if ³ 3 months prior or filtering surgery \>6 months previously.
* Normal liver function tests.
* Those taking NAM already will undergo a 1-month washout period bef
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with active liver disease or end stage renal failure.
* Active use of allopurinol, carbamazepine, or primidone.
* Visually significant cataracts (example, likely to require surgery within 2 years).
* Cataract surgery in the last 3 months or glaucoma filtration surgery in last 6 months.
* Conditions that may cause non-glaucomatous visual field defect (for example, severe ptosis, cerebrovascular accident, prior panretinal photocoagulation, and other retinal or central nervous system diseases).
* Not able to complete study (for example, concurrent severe systemic disease).
* History of cancer in the last 5 years.
* Unable to give consent.
* Inability to tolerate or take nicotinamide and/or pyruvate.
* Women of Child Bearing Potential, pregnancy or lactation.
* History of Hypotension
* Blood Pressure measurement of less than 90/60(
Primary outcome measure(s)
Mean Deviation (MD) — 2 years ≥ 30% reduction in visual field mean deviation progression measured over 2 years compared to current IOP-lowering treatments alone.
Trial sites (2)
Facility
City
Region
Status
National University Hospital
Singapore
Central Singapore
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Central Singapore
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This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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