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Posterior Macular Adhesion: A Potential Risk Factor for Non-exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) to Develop Exudative AMD

NCT00926861 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2010-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Choroidal neovascularisation in age related macular degeneration is one of the major causes of legal blindness in the western world existing in two major occurences, the dry and the wet form.The etiology of age related macular degeneration is yet unknown. Genetic factors, oxidative stress, Ischaemia, and aging of the retinal pigment epithelium are discussed as etiologic factors. The risk of rapid vision loss is much higher in wet AMD, a dry form may transform to a wet form. From a prior study the investigators know that the posterior hyaloid is significantly more frequent attached in wet AMD. This study is conducted to examine whether the attached posterior hyaloid is a risk factor to develop wet AMD in dry AMD cases.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

ultrasound

A-scan and B-scan ultrasound at baseline and month 6,12,24

DEVICE

OCT

Volume scans of spectralis OCT at baseline and month 6,12,24

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susanne Binder, Prof MD · Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Retinology and Biomicroscopic Laser Surgery

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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