Status:

COMPLETED

Regulation of Choroidal Blood Flow During Combined Changes in Intraocular Pressure and Arterial Blood Pressure

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Autoregulation

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
  • Normal findings in the medical history and physical examination unless the investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant
  • Normal ophthalmic findings, ametropia \< 1 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
  • Blood donation during the previous 3 weeks
  • Presence of intraocular pathology: ocular hypertension, glaucoma, retinal vasculopathy or other retinal diseases

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2004

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00812526

Start Date

September 1 2002

End Date

September 1 2004

Last Update

December 22 2008

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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria, 1090