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Cataract;Macular ThicknessNCT02653794

The Variations of Macular Thickness in Juvenile Subjects

An observational study of Cataract;Macular Thickness, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

It is reported that it takes a period form 22 weeks pregnant to the first 45 months of life for macular region to develop from structural formation to functional integrity. However, children are still in the critical period of plastic visual development, for their visual acuity has not yet reached the level of adults. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 4 to 17 years
Conditions the study is for
Cataract;Macular Thickness
How many people
364 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
Jan 2015to Jun 2015
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 4 to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: Subjects consisted of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) and Hualong Primary School (HPS)), who came from ZOC group were mild-to-moderate refraction error while who come from HPS group had no visual complaints.

Who may be able to join

  • age from 4 to 17 years
  • children with the mild-to-moderate refraction error(from 0 to -6.00D)

Who cannot join

  • children with visual complaints

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Zhognshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060

Other trials in China

About this study

Official title: The Variations of Macular Thickness in Juvenile Subjects With Mild-to-Moderate Refractive Error

It is reported that it takes a period form 22 weeks pregnant to the first 45 months of life for macular region to develop from structural formation to functional integrity. However, children are still in the critical period of plastic visual development, for their visual acuity has not yet reached the level of adults. Similarly macular retinal structure may develop with age. It is very important to study in macular thickness of this period and to have a proper cognition of it and the relation between macular thickness and other ocular parameter for the research of retinal development and diseases and the early screen of fundus diseases.

Read the detailed description

It is reported that it takes a period form 22 weeks pregnant to the first 45 months of life for macular region to develop from structural formation to functional integrity. However, children are still in the critical period of plastic visual development, for their visual acuity has not yet reached the level of adults. Similarly macular retinal structure may develop with age. It is very important to study in macular thickness of this period and to have a proper cognition of it and the relation between macular thickness and other ocular parameter for the research of retinal development and diseases and the early screen of fundus diseases.

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique widely used in clinic in last twenty years. According to the base theory of dim coherent light interference machine, OCT detect the back-reflection or scattering signal of biological tissue to the incident dim coherent light, and acquire the two-dimension or three- dimension image of biological tissue by scan. It enables the characteristic of tissue's microstructure in vivo and makes it possible to observe dynamically developing process of diseases so that it has become an essential test for macular and optic nerve diseases with unmatched measurement reproducibility. It also enables high-resolution and noninvasive imaging of the retinal lamina, the organizational structure of macular. It is most often used clinically to demonstrate the macular morphology, treatment response and disease progression clinically. However, who researchers studyed in through OCT were mostly patients with retinal disease and adults. There was few study focused on OCT's application to children.

In this study, the investigators aims to measure macular thickness (MT) using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to investigate MT variations with sex, age, laterality, refraction error (RE) and axial length (AL).

Keywords
Juvenile Subjects'characteristics

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. change of Macular thickness

    MT measurement using SD-OCT(an imaging technique widely used in clinic in last twenty years)

    Measured: 4 to 17 years after birth

  2. change of axis length measurement using an IOLMaster

    axis length measurement using an IOLMaster

    Measured: 4 to 17 years after birth

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Jan 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2015
  3. Primary completionJun 2015
  4. Study completionJun 2015

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
364 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02653794
Sponsor's protocol ID
CCPMOH2016-China1
Status last verified
Apr 2016
First submitted
10 Jan 2016
Last updated
14 Apr 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Ojaimi E, Rose KA, Smith W, Morgan IG, Martin FJ, Mitchell P. Methods for a population-based study of myopia and other eye conditions in school children: the Sydney Myopia Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;12(1):59-69. doi: 10.1080/09286580490921296.

    PubMed 15848921
  • Wakitani Y, Sasoh M, Sugimoto M, Ito Y, Ido M, Uji Y. Macular thickness measurements in healthy subjects with different axial lengths using optical coherence tomography. Retina. 2003 Apr;23(2):177-82. doi: 10.1097/00006982-200304000-00007.

    PubMed 12707596
  • Chen S, Wang B, Dong N, Ren X, Zhang T, Xiao L. Macular measurements using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in Chinese myopic children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Oct 14;55(11):7410-6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-13894.

    PubMed 25316719
  • Lim MC, Hoh ST, Foster PJ, Lim TH, Chew SJ, Seah SK, Aung T. Use of optical coherence tomography to assess variations in macular retinal thickness in myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Mar;46(3):974-8. doi: 10.1167/iovs.04-0828.

    PubMed 15728555

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cataract;Macular Thickness, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Apr 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

change of Macular thickness (time frame: 4 to 17 years after birth). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02653794, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Apr 2016.

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