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Evaluation of Corneal Temperature by Infrared Thermography in Glaucoma Patients

NCT02674074 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-02-26

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Summary

Measurement of corneal temperature gives indirect information about the ocular blood flow. For this reason corneal temperature can be used as a surrogate to quantify ocular blood flow. It can be measured by means of infrared thermography. This test, however, is not used in an everyday clinical routine so far. In this study is investigated if ocular blood flow disturbances in glaucoma patients can be diagnosed by means of infrared thermography.

Corneal temperature are measured in normal tension glaucoma patients and healthy controls before and after cold provocation test. In the group of patients and the group of controls, subjects with and without a primary vascular dysregulation (PVD) are included. This will allow to analyze and compare the influence of cold provocation on corneal temperature (and indirectly ocular blood flow) in these study Groups.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

infrared thermography

measurement of corneal temperature by infrared thermography before and after cold provocation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Josef Flammer, Prof. MD · University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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