Status:
COMPLETED
Role of Nitrogen Oxide (NO) in the Control of Choroidal Blood Flow During a Decrease in Ocular Perfusion Pressure
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of Vienna
Conditions:
Physiology, Ocular
Microcirculation
Eligibility:
MALE
19-35 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Autoregulation is the ability of a vascular bed to maintain blood flow despite changes in perfusion pressure. For a long time it had been assumed that the choroid is a strictly passive vascular bed, w...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men aged between 19 and 35 years, nonsmokers
- Body mass index between 15th and 85th percentile (Must et al. 1991)
- Normal findings in the medical history and physical examination unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant
- Normal laboratory values unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant
- Normal ophthalmic findings, ametropia \< 3 Dpt.
Exclusion
- Regular use of medication, abuse of alcoholic beverages, participation in a clinical trial in the 3 weeks preceding the study
- Treatment in the previous 3 weeks with any drug
- Symptoms of a clinically relevant illness in the 3 weeks before the first study day
- History of hypersensitivity to the trial drug or to drugs with a similar chemical structure
- History or presence of gastrointestinal, liver or kidney disease, or other conditions known to interfere with, distribution, metabolism or excretion of study drugs
- Blood donation during the previous 3 weeks
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
22 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00810927
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
August 1 2005
Last Update
December 18 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria, 1090