"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with unilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), certain drusen features are associated with conversion to neovascular AMD in the fellow eye, according to a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial. Dr. Joelle A. Hallak of the University of Illinois at Chicago and colleagues used machine learning and explanatory model-building …
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EyeCRO conducts successful pre-IND meeting with US Food and Drug Administration to discuss CsA-MIDROPS™
EyeCRO recently requested and conducted a pre-IND meeting with the US FDA to discuss the nonclinical and clinical development plans for CsA-MiDROPS™ to treat Dry Eye Disease. The agency was supportive of the project and agreed that the proposed nonclinical and CMC studies would allow entry into a phase II clinical trial. Also discussed was the potential and required clinical endpoints for …
EyeCRO Receives Full Accreditation from AAALAC International for its Research Facilities
EyeCRO LLC has been awarded full accreditation from AAALAC International for their facility in Oklahoma City, OK. EyeCRO joins the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center as the fifth institution in Oklahoma to receive this prestigious endorsement. The award letter from AAALAC …
Once-daily CsA-MiDROPS™ are superior to other CsA drops dosed twice-daily
Ophthalmic distribution studies indicate significantly increased drug concentration with CsA-MiDROPS (Cyclosporine A microemulsion) compared with Restasis. CsA-MiDROPS is well tolerated with little toxicity in a 2-week tolerability study. In the DED model, both 0.05% and 0.1% CsA-MiDROPS conferred a significant effect and were more effective than Restasis for treating experimental DED when dosed …
EyeCRO and MPI Research Partner to Develop New Preclinical Models of Ophthalmic Disease
Oklahoma City, OK; Ann Arbor, MI; and Mattawan, MI (PRWEB) May 01, 2017 eyecro and MPI Research, two global leaders in preclinical ophthalmology contract research, today announced a collaboration to develop and commercialize large mammalian preclinical models for various ophthalmic diseases, including Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy. The partnership leverages the unique …
Inhibition of Stat3 by a Small Molecule Inhibitor Slows Vision Loss in a Rat Model of Diabetic Retinopathy
"Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of vision loss. Previous studies have shown signaling pathways mediated by Stat3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) play a primary role in diabetic retinopathy progression. This study tested CLT-005, a small molecule inhibitor of Stat3, for its dose-dependent therapeutic effects on vision loss in a rat model of diabetic …
Serum retinol-binding protein-induced endothelial inflammation is mediated through the activation of toll-like receptor 4
"Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) is a novel adipokine (adipose-derived cytokine) that is clinically associated with obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and cardiovascular disease. In addition, patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) have increased serum RBP4 levels compared to diabetic patients with mild or no retinopathy, which raises the possibility that RBP4 is …
New Skin Patch Monitors Glucose and Delivers Diabetes Drugs
People with diabetes need to closely monitor their blood glucose levels multiple times every day, usually using a device that pricks their finger for a blood test to assess whether they need insulin shots or other drugs. Since blood collection and shots can be painful, not all patients do it as regularly as they need to—which can lead to dangerous fluctuations in their blood glucose …
Research points towards new blindness prevention methods in diabetic eye disease
By combining data on optometry patient's eyes with advanced computational methods, Indiana University researchers have created a virtual tissue model of diabetes in the eye. The results, reported in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, show precisely how a small protein that can both damage or grow blood vessels in the eye causes vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes. The study …
Detecting diabetic eye disease with machine learning
Diabetic retinopathy — an eye condition that affects people with diabetes — is the fastest growing cause of blindness, with nearly 415 million diabetic patients at risk worldwide. The disease can be treated if detected early, but if not, it can lead to irreversible blindness. A few years ago, a Google research team began studying whether machine learning could be used to screen for diabetic …