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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03594370
Other study ID # 201803133RINC
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date June 8, 2018
Est. completion date May 22, 2019

Study information

Verified date May 2019
Source National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Here the investigators proposed this study to collect cases of different etiologies of ocular surface diseases. With at least one of these four non-invasive examination modalities, the investigators aim to analyze and compare the detecting results. The investigators especially focus on the possibility of using OCT to predict the condition of limbal epithelial stem cells, aiming to use this patient-friendly tool to detect the patient's limbal conditions.


Description:

In vivo confocal microscopy, anterior segment optical coherence tomography, keratograph and impression cytology are noninvasive, rapid and easily repeatable technique to investigate ocular surface disorders. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) enables morphological and quantitative analysis of ocular surface microstructure. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows for imaging of the morphology of biological tissue with micrometer scale resolution at imaging depths of 1 to 2mm below the tissue surface. [1,2] Anterior segment OCT (ASOCT) has been developed to evaluate corneal diseases[3-8] in different layers. Keratography includes noninvasive meibography and tear interferometry. The former demonstrates the morphology of meibomian glands whereas the later observes quality and quantity of the lipid layer of the tear film. Impression cytology shows the morphology of the corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells, their staining behavior, and nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio could be observed in detail.

Here the investigators proposed this clinical trial to collect cases of different etiologies of ocular surface diseases. With at least one of these four non-invasive examination modalities, the investigators aim to analyze and compare the detecting results. The investigators especially focus on the possibility of using ASOCT to predict the condition of limbal epithelial stem cells, aiming to use this patient-friendly tool to detect the patient's limbal conditions.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 25
Est. completion date May 22, 2019
Est. primary completion date January 31, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 5 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient who is able to understand and cooperate with the examination: aged over 5 years.

- Patient or the legal representative is able to read and sign an informed consent form.

- Patient with one of the diagnosis listed below:

1. limbal insufficiency

2. phlyctenulosis

3. ocular rosacea

4. ocular graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

5. dry eye syndrome (both aqueous deficiency or increased evaporative forms of dry eyes)

6. other ocular surface diseases (advancing wave-like epitheliopathy, long term use of anti-glaucoma eye drops)

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients who decline to receive any of the non-invasive examinations mentions in this clinical trial.

- Patients younger than 5 years old.

Study Design


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Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan NTUH Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary limbal structural abnormality atypical pattern of limbal Palisade of Vogt detected by OCT comparing to normal subjects assess the OCT limbal image at the baseline
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