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NCT number NCT06214676
Other study ID # OCTA in glaucoma
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date April 2024
Est. completion date February 2025

Study information

Verified date March 2024
Source Assiut University
Contact Yara Ahmed
Phone 01062165361
Email ayara1942@gmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Is to investigate retinal microvascular changes in primary open angle glaucoma patients using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.


Description:

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) is a non-invasive imaging technique developed to visualize vascular networks in the retina and choroid. It utilizes low-coherence interferometry to measure changes in backscattered signal to differentiate areas of blood flow from areas of static tissue. OCTA provides both structural and functional (i.e. blood flow) information in tandem. The "corresponding" OCT b-scans can be co-registered with the simultaneous OCT angiograms so the operator is able to scroll through the OCT angiogram like a cube scan. As a result, the precise location of pathology can be viewed on the corresponding OCT b-scans. This makes OCTA a better tool when detecting the exact location of a retinal pathology. Glaucoma is the first cause of irreversible blindness and represents approximately 15% of all causes of blindness . This makes it a real public health problem. In 2020, glaucoma affected about 80 million people worldwide, with nearly 75% of open-angle glaucoma Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic, progressive, blinding, irreversible optic neuropathy characterized by damage to the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibers with subsequent visual field defects ,elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a crucial glaucoma risk factor that causes direct damage to RGCs and the optic nerve . Moreover, glaucomatous retinsl ganglion cells loss occurs as well in people with normal IOP, implying mechanisms behind pressure-mediated damage. RGCs death may be due to the reduced blood supply and microvasculature dysfunction may be essential in glaucoma pathogenesis . One hypothesis is that POAG is categorized by impaired chemical endothelial signaling between both: a) the inner wall Schlemm's canal endothelial cells as well as endothelial cells located in the ciliary body and the posterior longitudinal muscle that helps to set outflow resistance and b) the ocular vascular endothelial cell and underlying luminal smooth muscle for vessels supplying the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). This hypothesis could explain why POAG occurs across a spectrum of IOP but it does not consider the role systemic endothelial cell dysfunction may play in the disease. The non-invasive technique of OCT angiography (OCTA) can image and quantify both large vessels and the microvasculature of the optic nerve head (ONH), retina and choroid layers . Using the OCTA technique, reduced vessel density (VD) was observed in the ONH, peripapillary area and macula, predominantly in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date February 2025
Est. primary completion date January 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - clinical diagnosis of Primary open angle glaucoma. Exclusion Criteria: - media opacity - poor fixation due to advanced disease - associated vascular retinopathy - chronic uveitis - optic nerve disease due to other etiologies

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
OCT angiography
Detection of microvascular changes in patients with primary open angle glaucoma by using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assiut University

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary to detect and evaluate microvascular changes in primary open angle glaucoma both qualitatively and quantitatively. Detection of microvascular changes in patients with Primary open-angle glaucoma Baseline
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