Assessment of Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer by Optical Coherence Tomography in Uveitis Patients With Papilloedema

St. Franziskus Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Uveitis; Glaucoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01170481

2008-128-f-S

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of optic disc morphology can be difficult in patients with uveitis and papilloedema. Therefore different optical coherence tomography (OCT) and laser scanning techniques may help to detect damage to the retinal nerve fibre layer.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• anterior or intermediate uveitis
• papilloedema
• glaucoma

Exclusion criteria

• dense cataract
• dense vitreous opacification
• circular posterior synechiae

Trial design

50 participants in 3 patient groups

papilloedema without glaucoma

papilloedema with glaucoma

glaucoma without papilloedema