Evaluation of Neural Loss in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Using High Resolution Oct

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Neuromyelitis Optica; Multiple Sclerosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01024985

0190/09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of STRATUS OCT and high resolution OCT to detect and to quantify the neural loss in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica and its subtypes.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica
• age between 15 and 60 years
• BCVA better than 20/400
• no optic neuritis crisis in the last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosis of glaucoma, opacities or disc anomalies
• diagnosis of macular disease
• disc swelling at fundoscopy

Trial design

40 participants in 3 patient groups

multiple sclerosis

neuromyelitis optica

controls