Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT01777984
Impact of Visceral Fat on the Pathogenesis of Age-related Macular Degeneration
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Rudolf Foundation Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship among the body fat distribution, especially the visceral fat, in patients with age-related macular degeneration in comparison to patients with a normal fundus.
Detailed description
In this study the investigators want to examine the relationship among visceral fat, serum leptin levels, and high-sensitive CRP (hsCRP), Tnf-alpha, Amyloid alpha and Amyloid Beta serum levels in patients with age-related macular degeneration in comparison to patients with a normal fundus.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-05-01
- Completion
- 2013-12-01
- First posted
- 2013-01-29
- Last updated
- 2013-01-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Austria
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01777984. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.