Foundation Fighting Blindness My Retina Tracker Registry
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Summary
The My Retina Tracker® Registry is sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is for people affected by one of the rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases studied by the Foundation. It is a patient-initiated registry accessible via a secure on-line portal at www.MyRetinaTracker.org. Affected individuals who register are guided to create a profile that captures their perspective on their retinal disease and its progress; family history; genetic testing results; preventive measures; general health and interest in participation in research studies. The participants may also choose to ask their clinician to add clinical measurements and results at each clinical visit. Participants are urged to update the information regularly to create longitudinal records of their disease, from their own perspective, and their clinical progress. The overall goals of the Registry are: to better understand the diversity within the inherited retinal degenerative diseases; to understand the prevalence of the different diseases and gene variants; to assist in the establishment of genotype-phenotype relationships; to help understand the natural history of the diseases; to help accelerate research and development of clinical trials for treatments; and to provide a tool to investigators that can assist with recruitment for research studies and clinical trials.
Description
My Retina Tracker Registry provides two portals for data entry and review. Initial registration in the My Retina Tracker Registry is initiated by a participant, not a clinician. Using the participant portal, the participant establishes a username and password, is guided through on-line informed consent, and can then use an interactive guide to record their ophthalmic and family history, genotype and other subjective diagnosis-related and general health information. Drop-down menus and standardized vocabulary are used for database consistency. They may also attach documents, such as medical rec…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with an inherited retinal degenerative disease OR Exclusion Criteria: * Glaucoma only * Diabetic retinopathy only * Non-retinal disease * Not heritable retinal disease
Location
- Foundation Fighting BlindnessColumbia, Maryland