Posterior Pole Asymmetry Analysis (PPAA) for Early Glaucoma

Diagnostic Ability of Posterior Pole Asymmetry Analysis Parameters (PPAA) of Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Detecting Early Glaucoma

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02141594

Acronym

PPAA

Enrollment

156

Registered

2014-05-19

Start date

2013-08-31

Completion date

2014-03-31

Last updated

2014-05-19

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Conditions

Glaucoma

Brief summary

Spectrailis optical coherence tomography has come with a new posterior pole asymmetry analysis for glaucoma diagnosis. The aim of the investigators study was to assess its applicability in diagnosing early glaucoma patients.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

49 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age more than 18 years * Best corrected visual acuity 20/40 or better * Refractive error within ±5D sphere and ±3D cylinder * Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Media opacities preventing imaging * Intraocular surgery within the last 6 months * Any retinal or neurological disease other than glaucoma that could confound the results of visual field examination and OCT.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Area under curve for all the diagnostic parameters of optical coherence tomography	up to 32 weeks	This was a cross sectional study with one time measurement of the diagnostic parameters of the optical coherence tomography.

Countries

India

Outcome results