Status:
COMPLETED
Determine the Effect of Intraocular Pressure (IOP), Optic Nerve Imaging, Venous Congestion in Volunteers Prone Position 5 Hours
Lead Sponsor:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Collaborating Sponsors:
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Conditions:
Blindness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
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 ...
Detailed Description
Post operative vision loss resulting from nonocular surgery is a devastating, poorly understood and potentially preventable complication. Ischemic optic neuropathy, affecting both the anterior or post...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- subjects willing to consent
Exclusion
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00875043
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
October 14 2016
Active Locations (1)
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UMDNJ/University Hospital
Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07101