Abstract:Objective To explore the relationship between levels of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), growth arrest-specific 6 (GAS6), and secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) in the aqueous humor and the prognosis after trabeculectomy in patients with acute primary angle-closure glaucoma (APACG).Methods A total of 88 APACG patients (88 eyes) who underwent trabeculectomy in the Department of Ophthalmology, Handan First Hospital from July 2022 to January 2024 were enrolled as research subjects. According to postoperative efficacy, they were divided into a success group (67 cases, 67 eyes) and a failure group (21 cases, 21 eyes). Levels of VEGF-A, GAS6, and SPP1 in aqueous humor were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify influencing factors for trabeculectomy failure in APACG patients, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the predictive value of aqueous humor VEGF-A, GAS6, and SPP1 levels for trabeculectomy failure.Results There were statistically significant differences in VEGF-A, GAS6, and SPP1 levels between the success and failure groups (P < 0.05); levels in the failure group were higher than those in the success group. No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in gender composition, age, onset time, body mass index (BMI), smoking history, diabetes history, hypertension history, number of preoperative glaucoma medications, preoperative intraocular pressure, eye laterality, conjunctival flap type, application of adjustable sutures, 1-month postoperative bleb retention rate, or number of postoperative intraocular pressure-lowering medications (P > 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that high VEGF-A level [O^R = 1.018 (95% CI: 1.004, 1.033) ], high GAS6 level [O^R = 1.004 (95% CI: 1.001, 1.008) ], and high SPP1 level [O^R = 1.270 (95% CI: 1.086, 1.484) ] were all risk factors for trabeculectomy failure in APACG patients (P < 0.05). ROC curve analysis indicated that the combination of VEGF-A, GAS6, and SPP1 for prediction yielded a sensitivity of 76.2% (95% CI: 0.528, 0.918) and specificity of 83.6% (95% CI: 0.725, 0.915), and area under the curve was 0.859(95% CI:0.767,0.950).Conclusion Levels of VEGF-A, GAS6, and SPP1 in aqueous humor are closely related to the prognosis after trabeculectomy in APACG patients. Combined detection of these markers has high clinical value for predicting trabeculectomy failure.