OCTA Study of Choroidal Vasculature in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients

Federico II University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Glaucoma Open-Angle Primary

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: OCTA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05455567

0102/22

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to examine and measure SFCT and CCVD using respectively EDI-OCT and OCTA in preperimetric and advanced glaucomatous eyes, in order to shed light on the vascular pathogenesis of glaucoma disease.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:• age older than 40 years

• diagnosis of glaucoma
• absence of diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension
• absence of drug intake
• absence of vitreoretinal, vascular retinal diseases
• absence of previous ocular surgery and congenital eye diseases.
• absence of errors of refraction
• absence of lens opacities
• absence of low-quality OCT and OCTA images

Exclusion Criteria:

• age younger than 40 years
• presence of diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension
• vitreoretinal and vascular retinal diseases
• previous ocular surgery and congenital eye diseases
• errors of refraction
• lens opacities
• low-quality OCT and OCTA images

Trial design

57 participants in 3 patient groups

patients with pre perimetric open angle glaucoma

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: OCTA

patients with perimetric open angle glaucoma

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: OCTA

healthy patients

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: OCTA