Active clinical trials for "Retinal Dystrophies"

The purpose of this research is the evaluation of a combined coaxial optical coherence tomography (OCT) system to image retina/choroid and to evaluate if post processing of the data can give us insights into property of the tissue imaged.

To develop comprehensive genetic maps of inherited retinal diseases in Korean Establishment of comprehensive genetic database in Koreans with inherited retinal diseases including frequently mutated genes, genotype-phenotype correlations, and visual prognosis."

Based on a clinical multi-center study of the natural course of inherited retinal dystrophies in Chinese population, screening fundus imaging indicators for patients with Chinese inherited retinal dystrophies, describing the clinical features of Chinese patients with inherited retinal dystrophies, and establishing a diagnosis of hereditary retinal diseases - Follow-up norms; establish a network-based multi-center diagnosis and follow-up platform; obtain a biological sample library of hereditary retinal diseases mainly in China. The research will further improve and enrich the genotype, phenotypic characteristics and natural course of Chinese inherited retinal dystrophies, in order to promote the clinical evaluation of clinical inherited retinal dystrophies and the standardization of genetic diagnosis. It is also the evidence for the best timing for future gene therapy, to obtain the best therapeutic effect, and to provide a theoretical basis for achieving precise treatment.

Purpose: To establish of the national Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Registry (IRDR) in Iran. Methods: This study is a community-based participatory research that is approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran in 2016. To provide the minimum data set (MDS), several focus group meetings will be held with participation of the faculty members of the Ophthalmic Research Center affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU). Final MDS will be presented to the software engineering team to develop a web-based software. In the pilot phase, software will be set up in two referral centers including Labbafinejad Medical Center (Tehran) and Alzahra Eye Hospital (Zahedan) to discover the possible drawbacks. Final diagnosis will be made based on both clinical manifestations as well as genetic findings.The steering committee meetings are planned to be held each year with the presence of delegates of all centers.

Using an adaptive optics imaging device, retinal structures are observed in healthy and diseased subjects.