Blood Flow of Ophthalmic Artery and Glaucoma

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The main purpose of this project is to investigate the blood flow of the ophthalmic artery (OA) in patients with ocular hypertension, high tension glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma. It is also to study the influence of the intraocular pressure difference on OA blood flow in the two first groups. Furthermore, the investigators want to understand the relationship between ocular dynamics, blood flow and structural alternations of the optic nerve head (ONH). The rationale behind the study is to improve knowledge of the pathogenesis of glaucoma.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Umeå University
• Treatments: Latanoprost

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Newly diagnosed and untreated glaucoma patients

• Treated normal tension glaucoma patients

• Untreated patients with ocular hypertension

• Subjects with healthy eyes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Heart disease except treated hypertension

• Intracranial pathology such as stroke, tumor, previous intracranial surgery

• Insulin treated diabetes mellitus