Influence of Acupuncture to Ocular Microcirculation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Interventions
- Procedure: acupuncture
- Registration Number
- NCT01022177
- Lead Sponsor
- Technische Universität Dresden
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of specific eye acupuncture to the ocular microcirculation in diabetic and healthy subjects.
- Detailed Description
Diabetes is combined with severe vascular damage at the different stages of the disease, causing reduction in retinal perfusion. Acupuncture is supposed to regulate the perfusion. We propose a study to evaluate the effect of acupuncture to the vascular auto regulation in patient with Diabetes, compared to healthy people without vascular or retinal diseases. The perfusion of the retinal vessel will be examined by Retinal vessel analyzer (RVA), Heidelberg retinal Flowmeter (HRF) and the Ocular blood Flowmeter (OBF) before, during and after standardized specific acupuncture at healthy volunteers and patients with diabetes.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- persons over 18 years, men or women, diabetic diagnostics within the last year
- medical use of anticoagulative substances, use of dorzolamide, use of immunosuppressive medication
- psychiatrics, epileptics
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description diabetics acupuncture subjects with HbA1c \>7,0 and pathological glucose tolerance testing healthy acupuncture healthy subjects with HbA1c \<7,0 and negative glucose tolerance testing
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method retinal perfusion by HRF/OBF/RVA post acupuncture (one day measurement)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Carl Gustav Carus
🇩🇪Dresden, Saxonia, Germany