By InvitationNot Applicable

Macular Pigment Measurements in Eye & Other Tissues

United States10,000 participantsStarted 2015-06

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of nutrition and its effects on the eye and other tissues. The investigators propose to study this by validating and correlating various non-invasive measurement methods of carotenoid concentrations in the human eye and skin tissue. A secondary objective is to correlate blood levels of carotenoids on a sub-set of participants.

Who can participate

Age range7 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient age 7 or older, undergoing routine dilated ophthalmology examinations at the Moran Eye Center will be eligible to participate. * Patients with adult vitelliform dystrophy. (This condition initially presents in adulthood as bilateral subtle and often asymptomatic macular lesions, which are often misdiagnosed as early age-related macular degeneration (AMD)). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under age 7 will not be eligible to participate.

What they're measuring

Carotenoid levels in the eye

Timeframe: at enrollment

Carotenoid levels in the skin

Timeframe: at enrollment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03022773

SponsorUniversity of Utah

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2030-06

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