Neuro-Protection in Glaucoma

As any user of Google Maps or Mapquest knows, to get to where one is going, it helps to know where is the starting point. For neuroprotection, there have been numerous excellent reviews on the topic of the current status of neuroprotection in glaucoma. These include cell culture studies, animal models testing therapies, clinical trials, the two largest of which are still unpublished, and even systematic reviews. Yet all of this work can be summarized in a very simple "FROM" box: there is no convincing clinical evidence that neuroprotection works in glaucoma. The subject of this syllabus is a discussion of some future possibilities for a Rd. map that takes us "TO" evidence for neuroprotection in glaucoma.