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Early Detection of Neovascular Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

What is EDNA?

EDNA is a research study. The letters stand for Early Detection of Neovascular AMD. In the EDNA study we are collecting information on how good certain tests are in detecting the first signs of development of “wet” (or neovascular) age-related macular degeneration. Wet AMD is a condition which occurs in the macula (the centre part of the retina of the eye) which can cause irreversible sight loss if not treated promptly, therefore detecting it early so that treatment can be started as soon as possible is important to help prevent sight loss.

You can find out more about wet AMD using the links in the key facts section. People with wet AMD in one eye have a higher chance of developing the condition in the other eye, but it is impossible to predict when that will happen. This is one of the reasons why both eyes are usually checked at follow-up appointments when a patient is being treated for wet AMD in one eye. In the EDNA study we are collecting information about the various tests that are done on the eye without wet AMD at each of the follow up visits. If we can determine the test that is most reliable in detecting the onset of wet AMD before sight loss develops this will help us to provide guidance to doctors. We are therefore asking all patients with a diagnosis of wet AMD in one eye to consider joining the EDNA study. The EDNA study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research HTA programme. You can find out more about taking part in research here: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/ok-to-ask.htm

Can I take part?

Patients who are eligible to take part in EDNA will usually be approached by the local research team at their hospital. You may be able to take part in the EDNA study if:

  1. You have recently been diagnosed with Wet AMD in one eye only (within the last few weeks)
  2. You are a patient in one of the hospitals where we are running the EDNA study - please see the section 'Where can I take part?' below


What happens if I take part?

If you would like to take part in the study you will be recruited at your local hospital (if it is an EDNA recruiting site).

To take part you will be asked to sign a consent form to allow us to collect information on your recent visits to the eye clinic. You may also be asked to attend for a study visit to allow additional tests on your eyes to be carried out and to obtain more information from you about your health, if the records do not provide the desired amount of information. After this, your eyes will be monitored by the clinical team according to usual practice. This will involve having a number of routine tests (as mentioned above) in your good eye to look for signs that may suggest early development of wet AMD. If any of these tests show signs which might suggest wet AMD may be developing in your good eye, we will organise a fluorescein scan for you to confirm if you have wet AMD in your good eye. The fluorescein scan involves injecting a dye into your circulation and is identical to the test which would have been performed by your doctor when you were diagnosed with wet AMD in the first eye. We will follow your progress for 3 years.

If you are interested in taking part, or have any questions

CONTACT US

Where can I take part?

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Prof Tunde Peto

Address:

Knockbracken Healthcare
Saintfield Rd
Belfast

BT8 8BH
Moorfields Eye Hospital

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Dr Sobha Sivaprasad

Address:

162 City Rd
London
EC1V 2PD
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Ms N Hopkins

Address:

Lexden Rd
Colchester
CO3 3NB
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Ms Sheena George

Address:

Pield Heath Road
Uxbridge
UB8 3NN
NHS Lothian

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Prof Baljean Dhillon

Address:

Lothian NHS Board
Waverley Gate
2-4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Prof Andrew Lotery

Address:

Tremona Rd
Southampton
SO16 6YD
James Paget University Hospital

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Ben Burton

Address:

Lowestoft Rd
Gorleston-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth
NR31 6LA
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Sergio Pagliarini

Address:

Hospital of St Cross
Barby Road
Rugby
CV22 5PX
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Geeta Menon

Address:

Portsmouth Rd
Frimley
Camberley
GU16 7UJ
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Sanjiv Banerjee

Address:

Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mrs Niro Narendran

Address:

New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton Rd
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Peter Scanlon

Address:

Great Western Rd
Gloucester


GL1 3NN
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Theo Empeslidis

Address:

Infirmary Square
Leicester
LE1 5WW
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Ms Amy Stone

Address:

Trust Headquarters, Cobbett House
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Hull Royal Infirmary

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Louise Downey

Address:

Anlaby Rd
Hull
HU3 2JZ
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Martin McKibbin

Address:

Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 3EX
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Faruque Ghanchi

Address:

Duckworth Ln
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Richard Gale

Address:

The York Hospital
Wigginton Road
York
YO31 8HE
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Prof Heinrich Heimann

Address:

Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8XP
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Christopher Brand

Address:

Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Sarah MacKenzie

Address:

Lancaster Park Rd
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Adam Ross

Address:

Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin St
Bristol

BS2 8HW
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Ajay Kotagiri

Address:

Kayll Road
Sunderland


SR4 7TP
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr Mandeep Bindra

Address:

Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL
EDNA PMG

Key people:

Investigator:

  • Mr EDNA PMG

Address:

Key facts about the study and documents

Where can I get more information?

If you would like any more information about EDNA, including information about taking part please contact the study office at the University of Aberdeen, 01224 438196 or by email edna@abdn.ac.uk. You can find the patient information sheet by clicking on the button show more and navigating to the download documents subsection.

Monitoring for signs of wet AMD

There are several ways in which the eye without wet AMD can be monitored in routine clinic visits. We can check sight using a chart, we can ask patients about any symptoms, we can examine the eye, we can take a scan of the back of the eye (retina and we can ask patients to complete a special chart called an Amsler chart to see if there are any small distortions beginning to develop/interfere with the patients ability to see.

What we would like to do in EDNA is to systematically collect the information from these tests to work out which of these measurements is best at picking up when wet AMD develops. In addition we would like to collect blood samples to build a valuable research database.
If you would like to be involved in EDNA, you need to be eligible and have a local hospital site that this acting as a recruiting centre. Please contact the EDNA study office and we can advise you on your eligibility and let you know if your local hospital is participating in EDNA or not (01224 438196 or edna@abdn.ac.uk).

Key contacts

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Participant Information

Queen’s University Belfast is the sponsor for this study based in the United Kingdom. We will be using information from you and your medical records in order to undertake this study and will act as the data controller for this study. This means that we are responsible for looking after your information and using it properly. Queen’s University Belfast will keep identifiable information about you for at least 10 years after the study has finished.

Your rights to access, change or move your information are limited, as we need to manage your information in specific ways in order for the research to be reliable and accurate. If you withdraw from the study, we will keep the information about you that we have already obtained. To safeguard your rights, we will use the minimum personally-identifiable information possible.

You can find out more about how we use your information at https://www.qub.ac.uk/about/Leadership-and-structure/Registrars-Office/Information-Compliance-Unit/.