Clinical trials: Optic Nerve
Vertigo, Dizziness
Acute Video-oculography for Vertigo in Emergency Rooms for Rapid Triage (AVERT)
AVERT is a randomized controlled trial comparing video-oculography (VOG)-guided care to standard care to assess accuracy of diagnoses and initial management decisions for emergency department (ED) patients with a chief symptom of…
- Trial name
- AVERT (NCT02483429)
- Testing
- VRT Care
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Mitochondrial Diseases
A Long-term Extension of Study RP103-MITO-001 (NCT02023866) to Assess Cysteamine Bitartrate Delayed-release Capsules (RP103) in Children With Inherited Mitochondrial Disease
A long-term extension study to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of cysteamine bitartrate delayed-release capsules (RP103) in children with inherited mitochondrial diseases who previously enrolled into study…
- Trial name
- NCT02473445
- Testing
- Cysteamine Bitartrate
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Optic Neuritis
Effect of Phenytoin on the Ganglion Cell Layer in Patients With Optic Neuritis
Optic neuritis typically occurs in young (mean age, 32 years), female (77%) patients, and it presents as subacute monocular visual loss that develops over several days.
- Trial name
- NCT02939937
- Testing
- Phenytoin
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
HC-BPPV
Treatment of Apogeotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
The purpose of this study was to compare the immediate efficacies of each treatment maneuvers in treatment of apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV).
- Trial name
- BPPV-HC (NCT00810641)
- Testing
- Gufoni maneuver, Head-shaking maneuver
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 157 people
- Sponsor
- Chonbuk National University
Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Medium/Large Size, Extraocular Extension Melanoma
Sorafenib, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma of the Eye
This phase II trial is studying how well sorafenib works when given together with carboplatin and paclitaxel in treating patients with stage IV melanoma of the eye.
- Conditions
- Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Medium/Large Size, Extraocular Extension Melanoma, Iris Melanoma, Metastatic Intraocular Melanoma
- Trial name
- NCT00329641
- Testing
- carboplatin, paclitaxel, sorafenib tosylate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Choroidal Melanoma
Lucentis as an Adjuvant Therapy With TTT-ICG Based in Choroidal Melanoma
To report preliminary results on safety and tolerability of intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab (Lucentis) combined with Transpupillary Thermotherapy (TTT)+ Indocyanine Green (ICG)-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the…
- Trial name
- NCT00680225
- Testing
- Ranibizumab injection and TTT - ICG based
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New England Retina Associates
Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
PDE5 Inhibitor Use and Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the use of PDE5 inhibitors (vardenafil, sildenafil, or tadalafil) increases the risk for the development of NAION.
- Trial name
- NCT00867815
- Testing
- Diagnostic procedures
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration
Tau Imaging in Subjects With Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration and Healthy Volunteers
This study will evaluate flortaucipir for brain imaging of tau in subjects with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT02167594
- Testing
- Flortaucipir F18, Brain PET scan
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Stage IV Uveal Melanoma AJCC v7
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
This phase II trial studies how well nivolumab and ipilimumab work in treating patients with uveal melanoma that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic).
- Trial name
- NCT01585194
- Testing
- Ipilimumab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Nivolumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dry Eye Syndrome
Safety and Efficacy of rhNGF Eye Drops at Different Doses in Patients With Dry Eye
The primary objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of different doses of rhNGF when administered as eye drops to patients with dry eye.
- Trial name
- NCT02101281
- Testing
- rhNGF 20 µg/mL, rhNGF 4 µg/mL
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Dompé Farmaceutici S.p.A
Melanoma
Lenalidomide (Revlimid) to Treat Advanced Ocular Melanoma
This study will test whether an experimental drug called Revlimid (lenalidomide) can reduce tumor size and prolong survival in patients with metastatic melanoma (melanoma that has spread beyond the original tumor site).
- Trial name
- NCT00109005
- Testing
- Revlimid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Inherited Mitochondrial Disease, Including Leigh Syndrome
Open-Label, Dose-Escalating Study Assessing Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy, of RP103 in Mitochondrial Disease
To evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of cysteamine bitartrate delayed-release capsules (RP103) administered at a target maintenance dose of 1.3 g/m²/day in two divided doses, every 12 hours, for up to 6 months in…
- Trial name
- MITO-001 (NCT02023866)
- Testing
- Cysteamine Bitartrate
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Neuromyelitis Optica, Devic's Disease
An Open Label Study of the Effects of Eculizumab in Neuromyelitis Optica
The purpose of this study is to determine if the drug eculizumab reduces the attack rate and improves outcome in patients with neuromyelitis optica.
- Trial name
- NCT00904826
- Testing
- Eculizumab
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
RESCUE and REVERSE Long-term Follow-up
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the long-term safety and efficacy of GS010, a gene therapy, and assess the quality of life in subjects with LHON due to the G11778A ND4 mitochondrial mutation and who were treated in…
- Trial name
- RESTORE (NCT03406104)
- Testing
- GS010
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, France and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- GenSight Biologics
Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter (ONSD) With the Raised PCO2 and Internal Jugular Venous Occlusion
Monitoring the ICP is the most important aspect of the management of these patients. Recently, transorbital ultrasonography has gained popularity as a noninvasive bedside exam that has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of…
- Trial name
- NCT02361658
- Testing
- Ultrasonographic of the optic nerve sheath diameter, RespirAct™, Neck collar
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lashmi Venkatraghavan