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Assessment of Pupil Light Responses in Patients With Parkinson Disease

Assessment of Pupil Light Reflex in Patients With Parkinson Disease in Comparison to Healthy Subjects.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04117555
Enrollment
200
Registered
2019-10-07
Start date
2019-11-20
Completion date
2024-12-31
Last updated
2023-11-22

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Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Brief summary

Parkinson diseases (PD) is the second most common degenerative disease of the central nervous system. The development of early diagnostic biomarkers may help identify at-risk individuals and allow precocious interventions at the onset of disease and more precise monitoring of therapies that may slow disease progression. Proof of concept studies indicated significant differences in pupil light response between PD patients and healthy controls. The feasibility of using pupillometry for assesment of PD will be examined.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPupil response to light stimuli

Objective and accurate measurement of pupillary responses to light stimuli

Sponsors

Sheba Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

* General inclusion criteria 1. Age 30-75 years old 2. Signed written informed consent 3. Gender: Both (Male and Female) 4. Pupillary reflex to light. 5. Clear ocular media Patients' Inclusion Criteria: Patients with clinical presentations of the neurodegenerative forms of parkinsonism (bradykinesia, extrapyramidal rigidity, tremor, postural instability and gait disturbance) including: idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD), Lewy body disease (LBD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy (MSA), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and secondary parkinsonisms. Control group- inclusion criteria 1. Normal eye examination 2. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/20 3. Normal color vision test (Farnsworth/Lanthon D-15 Test) 4. No present ocular disease 5. No past ocular disease or surgery within last 6 months 6. No use of any topical or systemic medications that could adversely influence efferent pupil movements 7. Normal 24-2 Humphrey visual field and * Short duration (≤10 minutes) * Minimal fixation losses, False positive errors and False negative errors (less than 30% for each one of reliability indices)

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosis of dementia. 2. Cognitive decline that may impair obtaining informed consent. 3. Tremor or dyskinesia that could interfere with ophthalmic evaluation 4. History of past (last 3 months) or present ocular disease or ocular surgery 5. Use of any topical or systemic medications that could adversely influence pupillary reflex 6. Psychiatric illness, active psychosis. 7. Previous neurosurgical interventions, including stereotactic neurosurgical procedures. 8. Past or current strokes or brain injury and other brain disorders (except PD/parkinsonism for patient group) 9. Anti-dopaminergic drugs. 10. Intolerance to gonioscopy, slit lamp examination, Goldmann applanation tomometry or other schedule study procedure. 11. Visual media opacity including cloudy corneas. 12. Any condition preventing accurate measurement or examination of the pupil.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pupillometry1 dayPupil response to light stimuli

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Color vision1 dayColor vision by Farnsworth/Lanthon D-15 Test
Humphrey 24-2 perimetry1 dayVisual field will be assessed by Humphrey 24-2 perimetry
Spcetral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT)1 dayOptic nerve and retinal structure will be assessed by SD-OCT
visual evoked potential1 dayOccipital cortex function will be assessed by visual evoked potential (VEP)
Change from baseline Pupillometry at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline in pupil response to light stimuli at 1 year
Best corrected visual acuity1dayVisual Acuity
Change from baseline color vision at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline color vision by Farnsworth/Lanthon D-15 at 1 year
Change from baseline Humphrey 24-2 at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline Humphrey 24-2 visual field at 1 year
Change from baseline SD-OCT at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline optic nerve and retinal structure by SD-OCTat 1 year
Change from baseline visual evoked potential at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline occipital cortex function by visual evoked potential testing to at 1 year
Change from baseline best corrected visual acuity at 1 yearSingle visit: 1 day, 1 year after baseline testingChange from baseline visual acuity at 1 year

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactLori Gueta
Lori.Gueta@sheba.health.gov.il972527485888

Outcome results

None listed

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