Medical Research
Below you will find a list of topics and sub topics with direct links to websites containing current and up to date further information.
Olivia’s Vision will update this page regularly as new research and studies are undertaken and published.
Medical overviews of uveitis
- Explanations of Uveitis and Iritis and Iritis and Uveitis from Patient UK
- An article from The Guardian – a post grad student’s description of uveitis and what the researchers are doing to further understand the disease.
Diagnosis and symptoms
Overview of various systemic diseases and the treatment of Uveitis
Rheumatology and uveitis
Specific types of uveitis
JIA-associated Uveitis
- Chronic uveitis in children with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Uveitis: What is it and what is its effect on the eye?
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Paediatric Rheumatology clinical trials
Details on the Paediatric Rheumatology Clinical Studies Group are available from the Arthritis Research UK website.
The CSG has been awarded a grant to support an Extended Biologics Study and a key priority area has been a trial of anti-TNF therapy in JIA-Uveitis.
There are also plans for the following studies to take place:
- Biologics for Children with Rheumatic Diseases – The Extended Biologics Study
- Randomised Control Trial of the Clinical Effectiveness, Safety and Cost Effectiveness of Adalimumab for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-associated Uveitis
Article in Observer newspaper 2010 concerning the importance of nationwide Children Vision Tests
Children with intermediate Uveitis
Herpes
HIV and syphilis
- Ophthalmic Manifestations of HIV
- Cystoid macular edema secondary to immune recovery uveitis in a man with cytomegalovirus retinitis and AIDS, download (PDF, 945KB)
- Syphilitic uveitis: a review of clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes of syphilitic uveitis in human immunodeficiency virus-positive and negative patients
Sarcoidosis
- Ocular Sarcoidosis
- Medcape article on Sarcoidosis [requires registration]
- Information at Patient UK on Sarcoidosis
Chrohns, scleritis and episcleritis
- Amitriptyline for pain control in scleritis may help to avoid excessive steroid use in selected cases: a case report
- Acute panuveitis with hypopyon in Crohn’s disease secondary to medical therapy: a case report
- Patient UK information on Scleritis and Episcleritis
- Introduction to Crohn’s Disease
Lupus and dry eye
- Lupus and the Eyes article on Lupus UK website
Behcet’s Syndrome
- Ciclosporin and Behcet’s disease
- “Interferon a treatment option for refractory Behçet’s uveitis, study says”
- Anti-TNF as a therapy for patients with Behçet’s Uveitis
- Timing of recurrent uveitis in patients with Behçet’s disease receiving infliximab treatment
- First clinical trial results of XOMA 052 in patients with uveitis of Behcet’s disease presented at EULAR 2010
- Positive Clinical Findings Presented on XOMA 052 in Debilitating Eye Disease
Cystoid macular oedema
M.S.
- MS and Interferon
- Clinical trials of FTY 720 reported at PubMed.gov and ClincialTrails.gov
Pharmacotherapy for uveitis
Overview of steroid sparing treatment with reference to systemic diseases
Newer therapies
Easy to follow summary of newer drugs and their effects on various diseases after uveitis is resistant to the more commonly used therapies. Contains possible future therapy:
- New Drugs for Uveitis (Medical Eye Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital), download (PDF, 119KB)
- University of Bristol Inflammatory Eye Disease group
- Recent advances from University of Bristol Autoimmune Inflammation Research group
New drugs
- Recent articles at PubMed.gov
- FTY720
- University of Bristol Inflammatory Eye Disease group
- Recent advances from University of Bristol Autoimmune Inflammation Research group