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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00712777
Date of registration: 08/07/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical University of Vienna
Public title: Relation Between Intraocular Pressure Lowering Effects of Topical Brimonidine and Alpha 2 Receptor Polymorphism
Scientific title: Relation Between Intraocular Pressure Lowering Effects of Topical Brimonidine and Alpha 2 Receptor Polymorphism
Date of first enrolment: March 2008
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00712777
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Austria
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Men aged between 19 and 35 years, nonsmokers

- Normal findings in the medical history and physical examination unless the
investigator considers an abnormality to be clinically irrelevant

- IOP between 12 and 16 mmHg

- Normal ophthalmic findings, ametropia < 3 Dpt.

- Results of alpha-2B receptor genotyping; subjects who fall within one of the
following groups: group 1: homozygote mutant: I/I (n=40); group 2: homozygote mutant:
D/D (n=40)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Regular use of medication, abuse of alcoholic beverages, participation in a clinical
trial in the 3 weeks preceding the study

- Treatment in the previous 3 weeks with any drug

- Symptoms of a clinically relevant illness in the 3 weeks before the first study day

- History of hypersensitivity to the trial drug or to drugs with a similar chemical
structure

- History or presence of gastrointestinal, liver or kidney disease, or other conditions
known to interfere with, distribution, metabolism or excretion of study drugs

- Blood donation during the previous 3 weeks



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Intraocular Pressure
Ocular Physiology
Intervention(s)
Drug: Brimonidine 0.2 %
Primary Outcome(s)
alpha-2B receptor genotyping [Time Frame: 20 minutes]
Intraocular pressure (IOP) [Time Frame: in total 10 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
OPHT-230408
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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