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No restrictions were placed on age, sex, ethnicity, geography, intervention, or publication year. Abstracts and full texts were screened independently by two reviewers. Descriptive statistics were used. No formal risk of bias assessment was performed, due to the descriptive nature of the review. Results: Of 1066 records screened, 31 studies met the eligibility criteria. The study sample size ranged from 7 to 207 (median: 23), with most studies involving primary open-angle glaucoma. Interventions were diverse, mainly involving topical medications, with timolol being the most frequent. Eleven CCS test methods were identified. Five studies did not report the method used. The CSV-1000 was the most commonly used test, being applied in 11 studies. Conclusions: CCS has been measured using a wide range of methods in glaucoma RCTs, with limited standardization. Most of the included studies were small, variably reported, and conducted over 10 years ago, suggesting a decreasing interest in CCS as an outcome measure in glaucoma RCTs. Funding: This review was funded by Oslo University Hospital and the Research Council of Norway. 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