Macular Pigment Measurements in Eye & Other Tissues

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Conditions studied: Macular Pigmentation, Skin Pigment

In brief

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of nutrition and its effects on the eye and other tissues. The investigators propose to study this by validating and correlating various non-invasive measurement methods of carotenoid concentrations in the human eye and skin tissue. A secondary objective is to correlate blood levels of carotenoids on a sub-set of participants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03022773

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

10000

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2030-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-04

Who can join

Age: 7 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any patient age 7 or older, undergoing routine dilated ophthalmology examinations at the Moran Eye Center will be eligible to participate.
• Patients with adult vitelliform dystrophy. (This condition initially presents in adulthood as bilateral subtle and often asymptomatic macular lesions, which are often misdiagnosed as early age-related macular degeneration (AMD)).

You may not qualify if…

• Patients under age 7 will not be eligible to participate.

Where it is running

• University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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