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Instrument for Glaucoma Early Detection and Monitoring (IGDM)
This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified by Synabridge Corporation, December 2007
Sponsors and Collaborators: Synabridge Corporation
Yale University
Columbia University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Tennessee
Information provided by: Synabridge Corporation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00578110
  Purpose

To introduce a rapid and objective electrophysiological technique that can assess visual function in the magnocellular pathway, which is thought to be affected in early-stage glaucoma.


Condition Intervention
Glaucoma
Device: Glaucoma Diagnosis, Name: Neucodia

Genetics Home Reference related topics: early-onset glaucoma
MedlinePlus related topics: Glaucoma
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Diagnostic, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: SBIR II Instrument for Glaucoma Early Detection and Monitoring

Further study details as provided by Synabridge Corporation:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • sensitivity and specificity [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • repeatability [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 180
Study Start Date: January 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2008
Arms Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental
Glaucoma Patients
Device: Glaucoma Diagnosis, Name: Neucodia
Sensitivity and Specificity
2: Experimental
Glaucoma suspects
Device: Glaucoma Diagnosis, Name: Neucodia
Sensitivity and Specificity
3: Active Comparator
Controls
Device: Glaucoma Diagnosis, Name: Neucodia
Sensitivity and Specificity

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   40 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age: 40 - 70 years old
  • Visual acuity: 20/30 or better

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Eye disease other than glaucoma
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00578110

Contacts
Contact: George Hu, Ph.D. (908) 725-5213 georgehu@synabridge.com
Contact: Vance Zemon, Ph.D. (845) 627-0320 vepman@aol.com

Locations
United States, Connecticut
Yale Eye Center
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
United States, New Jersey
Synabridge Corp.
Raritan, New Jersey, United States, 08869
Sponsors and Collaborators
Synabridge Corporation
Yale University
Columbia University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Tennessee
Investigators
Principal Investigator: George Hu, Ph.D. Synabridge Corp.
Principal Investigator: James Tsai, M.D. Yale University
Study Director: Max Forbes, M.D. Columbia University
Study Director: Vivienne Greenstein, Ph.D. Columbia University
Principal Investigator: Eugenue Hartmann, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigator: Peter Netland, M.D. Ph.D. University of Tennessee
Study Director: Leo Pau Semes, O.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study Director: Vance M Zemon, Ph.D. Yeshiva University
  More Information

Responsible Party: Synabridge Corp. ( George Hu, President )
Study ID Numbers: OPTH_DEV_GLAU_02, 1R43EY015015-01, 1R43EY015015-02
Study First Received: December 11, 2007
Last Updated: December 18, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00578110  
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Synabridge Corporation:
glaucoma VEP detection device diagnosis vision

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Glaucoma
Eye Diseases
Hypertension
Ocular Hypertension

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009