Linking Optic Nerve MRI and the Retinal Axonal Loss After Optic Neuritis

NCT ID: NCT03651362

Last Updated: 2025-12-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2020-03-11

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the length of optic nerve lesion on 3D-DIR sequence as an imaging biomarker predictive of retinal axonal loss and visual disability, 12 months after the occurence of a first clinical episode of optic neuritis.

Detailed Description

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Neurologists and Neuro-Ophthalmologists are in need for reliable and robust imaging biomarkers enabling to predict retinal axonal loss and visual disability after clinical episode of optic neuritis (ON). Length of optic nerve lesion measured on MRI may be one of them.

The aim of our study is to measure the association between the extent of inflammatory demyelinating process on optic nerve at the acute of ON and the retinal degenerative process following optic nerve injury.

The investigators planned to include 50 patients suffering from a recent clinical episode of ON.

Extent of demyelinating inflammatory process will be assessed by the length of optic nerve double inversion recovery (DIR) hypersignal at the acute phase of ON.

The axonal degenerative process following optic nerve demyelinating injury will be assessed by retinal atrophy measured on optical coherence tomography at 12 months after ON, by visual disability measured on low vision contrast acuity scale and by microstructural quality analysis of optic nerve measured on diffusion tensor imaging sequence of the optic nerve.

Conditions

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Optic Neuritis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patient suffering from an acute clinical episode of optic neuritis (ON) confirmed by neurophthalmological examination
* \< 2 months between start of acute episode of ON and inclusion

Exclusion Criteria

* past history of homolateral episode of ON
* retinal diseases
* diabeta mellitus
* pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Lille

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Olivier Outteryck, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Lille

Locations

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Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille

Lille, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Hodel J, Outteryck O, Bocher AL, Zephir H, Lambert O, Benadjaoud MA, Chechin D, Pruvo JP, Vermersch P, Leclerc X. Comparison of 3D double inversion recovery and 2D STIR FLAIR MR sequences for the imaging of optic neuritis: pilot study. Eur Radiol. 2014 Dec;24(12):3069-75. doi: 10.1007/s00330-014-3342-3. Epub 2014 Aug 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25149294 (View on PubMed)

Miller DH, Newton MR, van der Poel JC, du Boulay EP, Halliday AM, Kendall BE, Johnson G, MacManus DG, Moseley IF, McDonald WI. Magnetic resonance imaging of the optic nerve in optic neuritis. Neurology. 1988 Feb;38(2):175-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.2.175.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3340276 (View on PubMed)

Dunker S, Wiegand W. Prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging in monosymptomatic optic neuritis. Ophthalmology. 1996 Nov;103(11):1768-73. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(96)30429-6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8942868 (View on PubMed)

Kallenbach K, Simonsen H, Sander B, Wanscher B, Larsson H, Larsen M, Frederiksen JL. Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness is associated with lesion length in acute optic neuritis. Neurology. 2010 Jan 19;74(3):252-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ca0135.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20083802 (View on PubMed)

Trip SA, Schlottmann PG, Jones SJ, Altmann DR, Garway-Heath DF, Thompson AJ, Plant GT, Miller DH. Retinal nerve fiber layer axonal loss and visual dysfunction in optic neuritis. Ann Neurol. 2005 Sep;58(3):383-91. doi: 10.1002/ana.20575.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16075460 (View on PubMed)

Hadhoum N, Hodel J, Defoort-Dhellemmes S, Duhamel A, Drumez E, Zephir H, Pruvo JP, Leclerc X, Vermersch P, Outteryck O. Length of optic nerve double inversion recovery hypersignal is associated with retinal axonal loss. Mult Scler. 2016 Apr;22(5):649-58. doi: 10.1177/1352458515598021. Epub 2015 Jul 30.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26227005 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2015-A01159-40

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2015_26

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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