Genetics of Uveitis

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Uveitis; Infectious Uveitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02357238

11-087

Details and patient eligibility

About

In order to improve the investigators knowledge about uveitis and the underlying mechanism of disease, the investigators propose collecting blood from patients with uveitis, isolating DNA and sequencing the DNA to identify genetic mutations or associations in these patients.

Enrollment: 1,500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patient above with the diagnosis of uveitis.
• Any patient with a diagnosis of infectious uveitis such as toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis, herpes associated retinitis.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are unable to give consent
• Patients in whom an adequated blood sample can not be obtained.

Trial design

1,500 participants in 1 patient group

Uveitis

Description:

Uveitis or infectious uveitis patients