OHSU

Reading Center

Housed within Casey Eye Institute is the Translational Clinical Trial Center Reading Center, which has a collection of talented physicians and staff who have honed their skills on focused preclinical evaluation, clinical trial design and endpoint development of outcome measurements.  The center has gained significant regulatory and organizational experience by being lead participants in ongoing clinical trials.

We understand there is a strong need for a center that can work with commercial and academic organizations to design clinical trials for eye diseases. Our center can offer expertise in quality control and provide analysis of data collected.

Although several reading centers exist, we are the only center that is inaugurated and can directly assist in all aspects of clinical trial design and endpoint development, as well as, offer unique services for the interpretation of OCT, visual field and electrophysiology. In addition, we work with many more imaging modalities.

We offer a unique database interface for the management of clinical trials.  It is remotely accessible, allowing easy upload of data and images from clinical sites while allowing real time access for data interpretation by the TCTC Reading Center and Sponsors.  Due to its accessibility we have taken great pains to ensure the data housed within our database is electronically secured.

The Reading Center has the following aims:

  • Assist sponsors, CROs and researchers in the design of clinical trials for eye diseases. Special emphasis is given to early phase trials of such therapeutic modalities as gene and stem cell therapies.
  • Provide reading center analysis of clinical trial measures with specific emphasis on retinal visual field, imaging and electrophysiological endpoints.
  • Provide the highest quality control for clinical trial outcome measures.
  • Certify participant sites in acuity testing, retinal imaging, visual field testing and retinal electrophysiology.

TCTC Reading Center Receives Major Funding

The Casey Eye Institute Reading Center recently received a major donation from Mr. Paul Casey, who is a strong champion of Ophthalmology research.

Reading Center Staff with Paul Casey

Staff of Casey Eye Institute Reading Center with Paul and Maureen Casey

In addition, the center was awarded a large grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness to serve as the Reading Center for a trial on the treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa with Valproic Acid.

Drs. Wilson and Robertson with Paul Casey

From Left: Casey Eye Institute Chairman, Dr. David Wilson; Mr. Paul Casey; OHSU President Dr. Joe Robertson