Clinical Trial: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Retinal Vasculitis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Evaluation of the Utility of OCT Angiography in Assessing Vascular Perfusion in Retinal Vasculitis
Brief Summary:
Retinal vasculitis is a sight-threatening inflammation that involves the blood vessels of the retina, the tissue that lines the inside of the eye. This inflammation may occur on its own or as a result of an infectious, cancerous, or inflammatory disorder.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology that can perform non-contact cross-sectional imaging of retinal and choroidal tissue structure in real time. It is similar to ultrasound imaging, except that OCT measures the intensity of reflected light rather than sound waves.
The purpose of this study is to see if non-invasive OCT technology can diagnose retinal vasculitis as well as the more invasive fluorescein angiography, which requires an injection of dye into the vein of an arm of a patient. The study will also compare the mapping of blood vessels (angiography) and loss of blood flow (ischemia) by fluorescein angiography and OCT.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Current Primary Outcome: Blood flow patterns in retinal vasculitis [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Ischemia in retinal vasculitis [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Oregon Health and Science University
Dates:
Date Received: November 18, 2013
Date Started: January 2014
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 21, 2015
Last Verified: April 2015