Optimize Pediatric OCT Imaging

NCT ID: NCT06139523

Last Updated: 2025-09-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-24

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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Handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an important imaging modality to evaluate the pediatric retina. The objective of this pilot study is to compare a new contact OCT system (Theia Imaging) with an investigational noncontact OCT system (Duke Biomedical Engineering) to assess their ability to image the pediatric retina.

The investigators hypothesize that the contact OCT system is superior in imaging larger areas of the retina (larger field-of-view), while it has similar resolution to image the retina substructures (non-inferior image quality).

Detailed Description

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Handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an important imaging modality to evaluate the pediatric retina. The objective of this pilot study is to compare a new contact OCT system (Theia Imaging) with an investigational noncontact OCT system (Duke Biomedical Engineering) to assess their ability to image the pediatric retina.

The investigators plan to enroll 10 healthy adult volunteers and 20 pediatric patients in clinic or undergoing examination under anesthesia. This is an observational study. There are no known risks associated with handheld OCT imaging and no adverse events identified imaging with our prior investigational imaging with the same system. There is a risk of corneal abrasion with the contact imaging system (Theia imaging), however, this system is used in the setting of other contact imaging systems (such as RetCam fundus photography).

Imaging data will be downloaded to a secure server for protocol image processing, segmentation, and analysis per protocol in the Duke Advanced Research in SD/SSOCT Imaging (DARSI) Laboratory.

Conditions

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Retinal Disease Glaucoma Optic Nerve Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group 1: Healthy adult volunteers

Healthy adult volunteers recruited from the patient population, students or employees of Duke University or Duke Eye Center (n=10)

Investigational contact OCT system

Intervention Type DEVICE

Theia imaging is developing handheld OCT systems bring state of the art OCT to the infant bedside. The Theia 1 widefield imaging system is a light weight, high speed (300 kHz), wide field of view (110°) OCT system that address the limitations of current commercial OCT systems. The system is cart mounted, enabling portable, bedside imaging. The system uses a 300 kHz swept source laser operating in 1060nm regime. The Theia system follows the same safety standards as all applicable laser safety standards (ANSI z80.36 or ISO 15004) as the currently approved prior OCT devices. This nearly 10-fold increase in acquisition speed dramatically reduces imaging time and enables acquisition of full retinal volumes in infants. The 110° field of view is provided via a re-usable contact lens that can be sterilized between imaging sessions.

Investigational noncontact OCT system:

Intervention Type DEVICE

The investigational noncontact handheld OCT systems in this study is developed at Duke University as the result of collaboration between the Departments of Ophthalmology (Cynthia Toth, MD) and Biomedical Engineering (Joseph Izatt, PhD). This investigational device was previously reviewed and approved for use in adults, children, and neonates in nursery by:

* Intraoperative OCT Guidance of Intraocular Surgery study's (Pro00016827) Data Safety and Monitoring Board Plus (DSMB+) (PI: Toth and Izatt)
* The Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care study (Pro00069721) Data Safety and Monitoring Committee (DSMC) (PI: Toth) The systems were declared non-significant risk by the Duke University Health System (DUHS) Institutional Review Board under Pro00016827. Staff from the DUHS Clinical Engineering Department evaluated the systems and found that they meet the accepted hospital standards for electrical safety.

Pediatric participants

Pediatric patients with eye disease recruited from the patient population of Duke Eye Center (n=20)

Investigational contact OCT system

Intervention Type DEVICE

Theia imaging is developing handheld OCT systems bring state of the art OCT to the infant bedside. The Theia 1 widefield imaging system is a light weight, high speed (300 kHz), wide field of view (110°) OCT system that address the limitations of current commercial OCT systems. The system is cart mounted, enabling portable, bedside imaging. The system uses a 300 kHz swept source laser operating in 1060nm regime. The Theia system follows the same safety standards as all applicable laser safety standards (ANSI z80.36 or ISO 15004) as the currently approved prior OCT devices. This nearly 10-fold increase in acquisition speed dramatically reduces imaging time and enables acquisition of full retinal volumes in infants. The 110° field of view is provided via a re-usable contact lens that can be sterilized between imaging sessions.

Investigational noncontact OCT system:

Intervention Type DEVICE

The investigational noncontact handheld OCT systems in this study is developed at Duke University as the result of collaboration between the Departments of Ophthalmology (Cynthia Toth, MD) and Biomedical Engineering (Joseph Izatt, PhD). This investigational device was previously reviewed and approved for use in adults, children, and neonates in nursery by:

* Intraoperative OCT Guidance of Intraocular Surgery study's (Pro00016827) Data Safety and Monitoring Board Plus (DSMB+) (PI: Toth and Izatt)
* The Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care study (Pro00069721) Data Safety and Monitoring Committee (DSMC) (PI: Toth) The systems were declared non-significant risk by the Duke University Health System (DUHS) Institutional Review Board under Pro00016827. Staff from the DUHS Clinical Engineering Department evaluated the systems and found that they meet the accepted hospital standards for electrical safety.

Interventions

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Investigational contact OCT system

Theia imaging is developing handheld OCT systems bring state of the art OCT to the infant bedside. The Theia 1 widefield imaging system is a light weight, high speed (300 kHz), wide field of view (110°) OCT system that address the limitations of current commercial OCT systems. The system is cart mounted, enabling portable, bedside imaging. The system uses a 300 kHz swept source laser operating in 1060nm regime. The Theia system follows the same safety standards as all applicable laser safety standards (ANSI z80.36 or ISO 15004) as the currently approved prior OCT devices. This nearly 10-fold increase in acquisition speed dramatically reduces imaging time and enables acquisition of full retinal volumes in infants. The 110° field of view is provided via a re-usable contact lens that can be sterilized between imaging sessions.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Investigational noncontact OCT system:

The investigational noncontact handheld OCT systems in this study is developed at Duke University as the result of collaboration between the Departments of Ophthalmology (Cynthia Toth, MD) and Biomedical Engineering (Joseph Izatt, PhD). This investigational device was previously reviewed and approved for use in adults, children, and neonates in nursery by:

* Intraoperative OCT Guidance of Intraocular Surgery study's (Pro00016827) Data Safety and Monitoring Board Plus (DSMB+) (PI: Toth and Izatt)
* The Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care study (Pro00069721) Data Safety and Monitoring Committee (DSMC) (PI: Toth) The systems were declared non-significant risk by the Duke University Health System (DUHS) Institutional Review Board under Pro00016827. Staff from the DUHS Clinical Engineering Department evaluated the systems and found that they meet the accepted hospital standards for electrical safety.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Theia 1 widefield imaging system Ultracompact swept source OCT system

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Group 1 - Healthy adult volunteers
* Subject is able and willing to consent to study participation
* Subject is more than 18 years of age
* Healthy adult volunteers without known ocular issues other than refractive error
* Pregnancy Reasonably Excluded Guide (PREG) evaluation on women of childbearing potential
* Group 2 - Pediatric participants
* Health care provider, knowledgeable of protocol, agrees that study personnel could contact the parent/legal guardian
* Parent/legal guardian is able and willing to consent to study participation
* Pediatric patient less than 18 years of age in Duke Eye Center ophthalmology clinics or undergoing clinically-indicated examination under anesthesia at Duke Eye Center

Exclusion Criteria

* Group 1 - Healthy adult volunteers
* Students or employees under direct supervision of the investigators
* Subjects with prior problems with pupil dilation
* Pregnant woman if receiving dilating drops
* Group 2 - Pediatric participants
* Parent/legal guardian unwilling or unable to provide consent
* Participant has a health or eye condition that preclude eye examination or retinal imaging (such as corneal opacity or cataract)
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Duke University Eye Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Xi Chen, MD

Role: CONTACT

(919)684-8434

Michelle N McCall, MCAPM, BA

Role: CONTACT

(919) 684-0544

Facility Contacts

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Michelle McCall

Role: primary

9196840544

Neeru Sarin

Role: backup

9196685641

References

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Scott AW, Farsiu S, Enyedi LB, Wallace DK, Toth CA. Imaging the infant retina with a hand-held spectral-domain optical coherence tomography device. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Feb;147(2):364-373.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.010. Epub 2008 Oct 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18848317 (View on PubMed)

Chavala SH, Farsiu S, Maldonado R, Wallace DK, Freedman SF, Toth CA. Insights into advanced retinopathy of prematurity using handheld spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging. Ophthalmology. 2009 Dec;116(12):2448-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.003. Epub 2009 Sep 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19766317 (View on PubMed)

Maldonado RS, Izatt JA, Sarin N, Wallace DK, Freedman S, Cotten CM, Toth CA. Optimizing hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging for neonates, infants, and children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 May;51(5):2678-85. doi: 10.1167/iovs.09-4403. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20071674 (View on PubMed)

Maldonado RS, Freedman SF, Cotten CM, Ferranti JM, Toth CA. Reversible retinal edema in an infant with neonatal hemochromatosis and liver failure. J AAPOS. 2011 Feb;15(1):91-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2010.11.016.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21397814 (View on PubMed)

Maldonado RS, O'Connell R, Ascher SB, Sarin N, Freedman SF, Wallace DK, Chiu SJ, Farsiu S, Cotten M, Toth CA. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic assessment of severity of cystoid macular edema in retinopathy of prematurity. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 May;130(5):569-78. doi: 10.1001/archopthalmol.2011.1846.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22232366 (View on PubMed)

Chen X, Mangalesh S, Dandridge A, Tran-Viet D, Wallace DK, Freedman SF, Toth CA. Spectral-Domain OCT Findings of Retinal Vascular-Avascular Junction in Infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity. Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 Sep;2(9):963-971. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.02.001. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30506013 (View on PubMed)

Chen X, Prakalapakorn SG, Freedman SF, Vajzovic L, Toth CA. Differentiating Retinal Detachment and Retinoschisis Using Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography in Stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Jan 1;138(1):81-85. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.4796.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31774474 (View on PubMed)

Mangalesh S, Bleicher ID, Chen X, Viehland C, LaRocca F, Izatt JA, Freedman SF, Hartnett ME, Toth CA. Three-dimensional pattern of extraretinal neovascular development in retinopathy of prematurity. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr;257(4):677-688. doi: 10.1007/s00417-019-04274-6. Epub 2019 Feb 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30790072 (View on PubMed)

Mangalesh S, Sarin N, McGeehan B, Prakalapakorn SG, Tran-Viet D, Cotten CM, Freedman SF, Maguire MG, Toth CA; BabySTEPS Group. Preterm Infant Stress During Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography vs Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy Examination for Retinopathy of Prematurity. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 May 1;139(5):567-574. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.0377.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33792625 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Pro00113627

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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