Status:

COMPLETED

Choroidal Blood Flow Regulation During Isometric Exercise: Effects of Ca2+-Channel Blockade

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Ocular Physiology

Regional Blood Flow

Eligibility:

MALE

19-35 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Autoregulation is the ability of a vascular bed to maintain blood flow despite changes in perfusion pressure. For a long time it had been assumed that the choroid is a strictly passive vascular bed, w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men aged between 19 and 35 years, nonsmokers
  • Body mass index between 15th and 85th percentile (Must et al. 1991)
  • Normal findings in the medical history and physical examination unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant
  • Normal laboratory values unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant
  • Normal ophthalmic findings, ametropy more than 3 Dpt.

Exclusion

  • Regular use of medication, abuse of alcoholic beverages, participation in a clinical trial in the 3 weeks preceding the study
  • Treatment in the previous 3 weeks with any drug
  • Symptoms of a clinically relevant illness in the 3 weeks before the first study day
  • History of hypersensitivity to the trial drug or to drugs with a similar chemical structure
  • History or presence of gastrointestinal, liver or kidney disease, or other conditions known to interfere with, distribution, metabolism or excretion of study drugs
  • Blood donation during the previous 3 weeks

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00280462

Start Date

August 1 2005

End Date

April 1 2006

Last Update

July 9 2008

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Department of Clinical Pharmacology

Vienna, Austria, 1090