Ocular Effects of Carotid Endarterectomy

Ocular Effects of Carotid Endarterectomy A Cohort Longitudinal Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02448355

Enrollment

Registered

2015-05-19

Start date

2016-03-31

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2015-11-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Carotid Endarterectomy, Carotid Stenosis, Choroid

Keywords

OCT

Brief summary

All patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy in Shaare Zedek Medical Hospital, during about 1 year, will be offered to participate. Retinal and choroidal structural changes will be assessed using swept-source OCT technology

Interventions

DEVICEOCT swept source DRI-Atlantis, Topcon

3-dimensional scanning protocol with 3 μm axial resolution and a speed of 100,000 A-scans per second. 256 B-scans to be taken on an area of 12 × 9 μm.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 120 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Carotid stenosis requiring surgical management

Exclusion criteria

* Ocular conditions: media opacities precluding fundus visualization, bilateral no-light perception * Ocular surgery within 6 months prior to endarterectomy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in choroidal thickness	one year	Change in choroidal thickness (microns) on OCT pictures

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Visual acuity	One year	Visual acuity as assessed by Snellen chart
Retinal changes	One year	Analysis of OCT pictures

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026