Clinical trials: Retinitis
Retinal Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa
Rod and Cone Mediated Function in Retinal Disease
Background: Retinal diseases cause the loss of rod and cone photoreceptors. Symptoms include vision loss and night blindness. Researchers want to learn about rod and cone function in healthy people and people with retinal…
- Conditions
- Retinal Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Stargardt's Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02617966
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Retinal Disease, AMD
Cell Collection to Study Eye Diseases
Background: Best Vitelliform Dystrophy (Best disease), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration (L-ORD), and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) all affect the retina, the light sensing area at the back of the eye.
- Conditions
- Retinal Disease, AMD, Retinal Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Trial name
- NCT01432847
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 930 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinal Imaging in Patients With Inherited Retinal Degenerations
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the structure and function of the human retina can be studied with high resolution in patients with inherited retinal degenerations using the Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser…
- Trial name
- NCT00254605
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease
Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease Registry
The My Retina Tracker® Registry is sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is for people affected by one of the rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases studied by the Foundation.
- Conditions
- Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease, Achromatopsia, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Trial name
- MRTR (NCT02435940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
Stargardts, Retinitis Pigmentosa
High Resolution Retinal Imaging
Studying the morphology and function of the normal and diseased retina in vivo is needed for advancing the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of retinal disease.
- Conditions
- Stargardts, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Age-related Macular Degeneration, Choroideremia
- Trial name
- AOSLO (NCT01866371)
- Testing
- Retinal imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Genetic Disorders
North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium Patient Registry and Biorepository (NAMDC)
The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC) maintains a patient contact registry and tissue biorepository for patients with mitochondrial disorders.
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Genetic Disorders, Mitochondrial Diseases, Disorder of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes
- Trial name
- NAMDC (NCT01694940)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Clinical Implication of Retinitis Pigmentosa Molecular Diagnostic Using High Throughput Sequencing.
The retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are genetic conditions that cause retinal degeneration leading to severe low vision and is the leading cause of consultation in reference centers dedicated to the ophthalmic genetics.
- Trial name
- RP-SEQ-HD (NCT02860520)
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Uveitis, Conjunctivitis
Ocular Manifestations in Rheumatic Diseases
This is a search strategy for determining the prevalence of ocular complications in inflammatory rheumatic diseases for the purposes of a meta analysis.
- Conditions
- Uveitis, Conjunctivitis, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca, Xerophthalmia
- Trial name
- NCT03753893
- Testing
- No intervention used
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Retinitis Pigmentosa, AMD
Rod Sensitivity in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
A new fundus-guided microperimeter (MP-3S) has been developed by Nidek, Inc. to track the fundus of the patient and present stimuli in specific anatomically-defined locations.
- Trial name
- NCT03322930
- Testing
- Rod sensitivity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Alström Syndrome (ALMS)
Clinical Study of a Single Ciliopathy: Alström Syndrome
The aim of the study is to characterize the clinical manifestations of ALMS within the ciliopathies to prevent complications and determine preventive and therapeutic targets.
- Trial name
- NCT02890550
- Where
- 14 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Cone Dystrophy
Phenotype Correlates Genotype of Inherited Retina Dystrophies, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Con>Rod Dystrophies.
Patients with retina dystrophies (retinitis pigmentosa, cone>rods dystrophies, Usher and syndromic) will be correlated with genotype and validate inheritance mode by segregation analysis.
- Conditions
- Retinitis Pigmentosa, Cone Dystrophy, Usher Syndromes, Retina; Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT03990727
- Testing
- Retina Analysis-mosaic, Autofluorescence, OCT- 1 micra
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MejoraVisionMD
Retinal Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa
Molecular Genetics of Retinal Degenerations
This multinational study will investigate the inheritance of genetic retinal degeneration in families of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds in order to identify the genes that, when altered, cause retinal…
- Trial name
- NCT00231010
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, China and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 3,549 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa: Prevalence of Known Genes Identification of New Loci / Genes
Identify new genes responsible for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP), one of the most common causes of hereditary diseases of the retina, and thus better understand the mechanisms involved of the disease."
- Trial name
- NCT01235624
- Testing
- genetic analysis
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Cytomegalovirus Infections, Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
A Comparison of HIV-Infected Patients With and Without Opportunistic (AIDS-Related) Infection
The purpose of this study is to understand how changes in the immune system of HIV-infected patients affect their risk for 3 serious infections: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, or CMV organ…
- Conditions
- Cytomegalovirus Infections, Cytomegalovirus Retinitis, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Carinii, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00005572
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Usher Syndrome, Retinitis Pigmentosa
Study of Dietary N-3 Fatty Acids in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome
OBJECTIVES: I. Examine the concentration of docosahexanoic acid (DHA) and other n-3 fatty acids in plasma, erythrocyte, and adipose tissue in patients with various forms of retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome. II.
- Trial name
- NCT00004345
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)