AS-OCT Study in Diabetic Retinopathy

Federico II University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: Anterior segment-optical coherence tomography

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04992325

2021/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the corneal features using anterior segment - optical coherence tomography in patients affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus

Full description

To investigate the potential role of anterior segment-optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in identifying the corneal changes (in particular in total corneal, epithelial and stromal thicknesses) in patients affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus, without signs of diabetic retinopathy at fundus examination.

The AS-OCT could represents a valid early biomarker in these patients.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

age older than 50 years
diagnosis of previous type 2 diabetes mellitus
absence of signs of diabetic retinopathy
absence of previous ocular surgery, congenital eye disease, high myopia (>6 dioptres), actual or previous diagnosis of glaucoma, optic disc anomaly, macular or vitreoretinal diseases.
absence of significant lens opacities, low-quality OCT and OCT-A images

Exclusion criteria

age younger than 50 years
absence of previous diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus
presence of signs of diabetic retinopathy
presence of previous ocular surgery, congenital eye disease, high myopia (>6 dioptres), actual or previous diagnosis of glaucoma, optic disc anomaly, macular or vitreoretinal diseases.
presence of significant lens opacities, low-quality OCT and OCT-A images.