Status:
UNKNOWN
AS-OCT of the Cornea in Thyroid Diseases
Lead Sponsor:
Minia University
Conditions:
Thyroid Eye Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
use the anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) to evaluate the tear meniscus parameters, total corneal thickness (CT), and epithelial thickness in active and inactive thyroid eye disea...
Detailed Description
A prospective case-control clinical study. The study subjects were divided into 3 groups, group 1 of inactive thyroid patients, group 2 of active thyroid patients, and group 3 of healthy controls. The...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The inclusion criteria were patients with thyroid disorders with age between 20 to 60 years with no ocular manifestations
Exclusion
- being younger than 20 or older than 60, presence of systemic diseases as diabetes mellitus (DM) and autoimmune diseases as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that may cause dry eye, previous ocular surgery, use of contact lenses, smokers, pregnant women, and breastfeeding women.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 11 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 29 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05241626
Start Date
May 11 2021
End Date
October 29 2022
Last Update
February 16 2022
Active Locations (2)
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1
Minia Faculty of medicine
Minya, Egypt
2
Minia University hospital
Minya, Egypt