Role of PET scans in patients with ocular inflammation due to tuberculosis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- presumed ocular tuberculosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/12/002194
- Lead Sponsor
- lilavati hospital and research center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1.Adult men or women with active ocular inflammatory disease (anterior or intermediate or posterior uveitis) of any severity that is clinically suggestive of ocular tuberculosis. This includes granulomatous or non granulomatous iritis, pars planitis, vitritis, retinal vasculitis or choroiditis.
Exclusion Criteria
1. known hypersensivity to 18 FDG marker
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Immediate post scan analysis to assess: <br/ ><br>1.Presence and sites of 18 FDG uptake indicating areas of systemic inflammation/ infection. <br/ ><br>2.Assessment of the SUV (standardized uptake values) of suspect areas.Timepoint: Immediate
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method noneTimepoint: n/a