Active clinical trials for "Retinal Diseases"

Assess the repeatability and agreement of the Optic Disc Parameters, Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness, Full Retinal Thickness, and Ganglion Cell Thickness between the Maestro and iVue OCT devices.

To evaluate if intravitreal Ozurdex can reduce the incidence of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage after primary pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDRP).

More than 29 million people in the US are living with diabetes, many of whom will develop diabetic retinopathy (DR) or diabetic eye disease (DED), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in working-age adults. Annual eye screening is recommended for all diabetic patients since vision loss can be prevented with laser photocoagulation and anti-VEGF injections if DR is diagnosed in its early stages. Currently, the number of clinical personnel trained for DR screening is orders of magnitude smaller than that needed to screen the large, growing diabetic population. Therefore, to meet this large unmet need for DR screening, a fully-automated computerized DR screening system is necessary. This study is designed to assess the performance of EyeArt, an automated DR screening tool.

This study is directed to evaluate the role of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) in the evaluation of the perifoveal vascular network in type 1 diabetic patients, and to investigate the relationship between OCT-A-derived parameters and demographic and clinical factors, as metabolic control and duration of the disease.

Macular hole in proliferative diabetic retinopathy with fibrovascular proliferation may have unique features. Internal limiting membrane peeling facilitates hole closure only in cases with shallow macular detachment. Final vision is associated with preoperative visual acuity and degree of macula elevation.

The purpose of this study is to provide access to intravitreal injection of Avastin in high-risk infants who do not otherwise qualify for study NCT00702819, an investigational multi-site study examining Avastin use for retinopathy of prematurity.

Retinopathy of prematurity screening is painful. Wide field digital retinal imaging (WFDRI) and binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (BIO) are being used for screening examinations. The aim of Edinburgh, UK based study is to compare the pain experienced by infants using both examination techniques.

Canthaxanthine is a naturally occurring carotenoid that has been a popular over-the-counter oral artificial tanning agent in Europe, Canada, and Australia since 1979. It is also used at low dosage as a food-colouring agent and as a therapeutic agent for photosensitivity disorders such as erythropoietic protoporphyria. Canthaxanthin retinopathy was first described in 1982 by Cortin et al. In Germany the office of the federal board of health refused the permit for oral tanning agents containing canthaxanthine in 1985. At that time the long-term course of the disease was not known. 25 years later the investigators did these long-term follow-up examinations.

The purpose of this study is to validate and characterize phenotypes of diabetic retinopathy (DR) progression based on available clinical data (demographic, systemic and ophthalmic data).

The study is designed as a prospective cohort study to assess changes in visual acuity and retinal thickening and surgical complications in subjects undergoing vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema. The study also aims to identify subgroups in which there appears to be a benefit of vitrectomy and subgroups in which vitrectomy does not appear to be beneficial and to obtain data that can be used to plan a randomized trial. Subject will be followed through 2 years, with a primary outcome at 6 months post vitrectomy surgery. The vitrectomy procedure will be performed based on the investigators usual care and is not considered part of the research although the procedure performed will be collected.