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Optical Imaging for Gum Disease

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Recruiting

Led By Seok-Hyun Yun, PhD

Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 year

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial aims to use a new technique to measure the stiffness of human body parts, in people, without surgery. #medtech

Who is the study for?

This trial is for people aged 18-75 with healthy eyes. It's designed to test a new imaging technique on various tissues, including gums, skin, and corneas.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing OCT Vibrography (OCT elastography), an optical imaging method that measures how stiff or elastic human tissues are without needing surgery.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since the trial involves non-invasive optical imaging, there are minimal expected side effects. However, participants may experience discomfort from bright lights or minor inconvenience during the procedure.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Number of subjects to successfully complete OCT Vibrography without serious unanticipated adverse events related to application of the device.

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Keratoconus corneaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Optical imaging of the cornea in mild and moderate keratoconus

Group II: Healthy skinExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Optical imaging of the skin in healthy subjects

Group III: Healthy gingivaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Optical imaging of the gingiva in healthy subjects

Group IV: Healthy corneaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Optical imaging of the cornea in healthy subjects

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor

2,935 Previous Clinical Trials

13,198,551 Total Patients Enrolled

Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryOTHER

106 Previous Clinical Trials

12,859 Total Patients Enrolled

Seok-Hyun Yun, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorMassachusetts General Hospital

2 Previous Clinical Trials

77 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Healthy cornea Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05759780 — N/A

Gum Disease Research Study Groups: Healthy cornea, Healthy skin, Healthy gingiva, Keratoconus cornea

Gum Disease Clinical Trial 2023: Healthy cornea Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05759780 — N/A

Healthy cornea 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05759780 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this research project accommodate individuals aged 70 or above?

"The requirements for joining this clinical trial are that the patient must be aged between 18-75. Alternatively, 15 trials cater to those under 18 and 43 study groups focus on patients over 65 years of age."

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Who is eligible to be a part of this exploration?

"To be considered for this project, candidates must possess functioning eyes and hold a valid age between 18 to 75. The research team is searching for approximately 80 individuals in total."

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Are there still vacancies available for participants in this experiment?

"It is evident from clinicaltrials.gov that recruitment for this trial has closed, with its last update occurring on the 26th of February 2023. Nevertheless, 54 other trials are actively looking for patients."

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Recent research and studies

OphthalmologyJournal

Sensitivity and Specificity of Posterior Corneal Elevation Measured by Pentacam in Discriminating Keratoconus/subclinical Keratoconus

de Sanctis, Ugo, Carlotta Loiacono, Lorenzo Richiardi, Davide Turco, Bernardo Mutani, and Federico M. Grignolo. 2008. “Sensitivity and Specificity of Posterior Corneal Elevation Measured by Pentacam in Discriminating Keratoconus/subclinical Keratoconus”. Ophthalmology. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.02.020.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

OCT Vibrography for Biomechanical Properties of Tissues

Seok Hyun Yun 2023. "OCT Vibrography for Biomechanical Properties of Tissues". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05759780.

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