Mobile Clinic - a Cross-sectional Epidemiological Survey

Novartis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Age Related Macular Degeneration

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02055612

CRFB002ASK01 EPI

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to find out prevalence of aged-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Slovak Republic. The outcome of the project will be epidemiology survey, prevalence of wet form of AMD in relation to demographic data, patient´s anamnesis, nutrition, co-morbidities etc.

Full description

It´s cross-sectional epidemiological survey, multi-centric, non-interventional

1. Patients will fill a questionnaire with demography data, anamnesis, risk factors.
2. Patients will be assessed by using Amsler grid.
3. Patient´s back of the eye will be examined with fundus camera (searching for long-term back of the eye changes, retina vessels, macula and surrounding tissues) by retina specialist.
4. Patient undergoes optical coherent tomography (OCT) examination (cross-section of fovea and macula) by retina specialist.

The project actively screen patients with wAMD. All patients will sign an informed consent.

The process of screening will be held in certain timeframe (cca. 2 months) and selected areas of Slovak Republic.

Enrollment: 3,278 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult patients (aged≥55 years) from selected areas in Slovak Republic
2. Patients with home base far than 35 km from the nearest center (centers: Bratislava, Nitra, Nové Zámky, Trenčín, Bojnice, Žilina, Martin, Ružomberok, Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Poprad, Prešov, Košice, Trebišov)
3. Patient´s informed consent signed.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria