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Analysis of Eye Tissue

Launched by NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (NEI) · Nov 3, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of December 10, 2023

Completed

Keywords

Ocular Inflammatory Disease Cataracts Vitrectomy Extracapsular Cataract Surgery Uveitis Lenticular Opacity Vitreal Opacity

Description

The purpose of this project is to evaluate intra-ocular tissue such as iris or vitreous from uveitis patients in order to analyze the type and character of the inflammatory response. Patients with a history of uveitis who require cataract surgery or vitreous surgery because of the clinical complications of inflammation, will be entered in this study. The lymphocyte subsets in the peripheral blood and ocular tissue will be compared and categorized by disease. The presence of soluble lymphokines in the intra-ocular fluid will be analyzed. Long term cell cultures of vitreal cells will be attem...

Gender

All

Eligibility criteria

  • Patients of either sex will be admitted to this study.
  • All patients should have a previous history of uveitis.
  • The patient must have lenticular or vitreal opacities which are significantly impairing their vision and for which surgical removal of the opacity has a reasonable chance of improving the vision.
  • Patients should have vision of 20/80 or worse.
  • Patients may have any of the following syndromes: anterior uveitis, including HLA-B27-associated iritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ocular sarcoid, intermediate uveitis and pars planitis, birdshot retinochoroidopathy, Behcet's disease, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's syndrome, sympathic ophthalmia and idiopathic posterior uveitis.

Attachments

readout_NCT00001224_2023-12-10.pdf

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NCT00001224_study_protocol.pdf

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About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

People applied

Timeline

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Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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