Reproducibility of RNFL Circle Scans With ART-Function of Heidelberg Spectralis SD-OCT Software Version 5.3

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Glaucoma Patients and Healthy Controls

Treatments: Device: Spectralis® SD-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, H

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01299233

ART-OCT

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the improvement in reproducibility of 100 vs. 16 averaged images by Automatic Real Time (ART) using Spectralis™ Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany) in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL) circle scan-measurements.

• Trial with medical device

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

for both groups (glaucoma study group and control group): men and women of at least 50 years of age

for the glaucoma study group: diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)

Exclusion criteria

for both groups (glaucoma study group and control group):

• less then 18 years of age
• any pathology of the central retina
• any optic nerve disorder other then glaucoma
• retinal vascular disorder

for the glaucoma study group: other glaucoma diagnosis then primary open angle glaucoma

for the control group: any diagnosis of glaucoma

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

Description:

age matched healthy controls

Treatment:

Device: Spectralis® SD-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, H

Glaucoma

Description:

patients with diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma

Treatment:

Device: Spectralis® SD-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, H