Status:

COMPLETED

Retinal Function in Diabetic Patients Without Retinopathy

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-55 years

Brief Summary

The primary purpose was to assess, in diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy and control subjects, color vision, contrast sensitivity, electroretinography, and flicker-induced vasodilatation u...

Detailed Description

Type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients with no diabetic retinopathy and no hypertension were compared with sex and age-matched control subjects. Color vision was tested with the desaturated LANTHONY 15-H...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • For diabetic patients :
  • age between 20 and 55
  • type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • diabetes duration of more than 5 years
  • no diabetic retinopathy on fundus examination or fundus photographs
  • For control subjects :
  • sex and age matching with the diabetic patients
  • no diabetes, no familial or personal history of elevated blood sugar

Exclusion

  • \*For both diabetic patients and control subjects :
  • presence of cataract or history of cataract surgery
  • intraocular pressure of more than 21 mmHg
  • abnormal score on the Ishihara test
  • other ocular disease
  • ametropia more than 3 diopters, anisometropia more than 1 diopter, astigmatism more than 1 diopter
  • systemic hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure \> 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg)
  • treatment with vasoactive drugs
  • tobacco consumption of more than 20 cigarettes a day

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2005

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00839150

Start Date

May 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2007

Last Update

September 19 2011

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Hopital Lariboisiere

Paris, France, 75010