Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of specific eye acupuncture to the ocular microcirculation in diabetic and healthy subjects.
Detailed description
Diabetes is combined with severe vascular damage at the different stages of the disease, causing reduction in retinal perfusion. Acupuncture is supposed to regulate the perfusion. We propose a study to evaluate the effect of acupuncture to the vascular auto regulation in patient with Diabetes, compared to healthy people without vascular or retinal diseases. The perfusion of the retinal vessel will be examined by Retinal vessel analyzer (RVA), Heidelberg retinal Flowmeter (HRF) and the Ocular blood Flowmeter (OBF) before, during and after standardized specific acupuncture at healthy volunteers and patients with diabetes.
Interventions
PROCEDUREacupuncture
acupuncture of the eye in traditional chinese schematics
Sponsors
Technische Universität Dresden
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* persons over 18 years, men or women, diabetic diagnostics within the last year
Exclusion criteria
* medical use of anticoagulative substances, use of dorzolamide, use of immunosuppressive medication * psychiatrics, epileptics
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| retinal perfusion by HRF/OBF/RVA | post acupuncture (one day measurement) |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Primary ContactJanek - Haentzschel, Dr.
Backup ContactKathleen - Wozniak, -
Outcome results
None listed