Determine the Effect of Intraocular Pressure (IOP), Optic Nerve Imaging, Venous Congestion in Volunteers Prone Position 5 Hours

Completed

Conditions studied: Blindness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to provide data that would give the investigators a better understanding of the physiologic changes that occur and may contribute to post operative blindness. An improved understanding may lead to the development of protocols or devices that reduce the chance of catastrophic visual loss.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00875043

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

10

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• subjects willing to consent

You may not qualify if…

• individuals unable to tolerate prone position for 5 hours
• individuals unable to tolerate contact lens placement
• females who are pregnant
• individuals with a sensitivity to proparacaine hcl 0.5% or tropicamide 1%
• individuals who are unable to have repeated mesaurements of intaocular pressure

Where it is running

• UMDNJ/University Hospital — Newark, New Jersey, United States

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