Primary Investigator: Liliya Sutherland, D.O.
My Retina Tracker® is a registry for people affected by an inherited retinal degenerative disease. It is a patient-initiated registry accessible via a secure online portal at www.MyRetinaTracker.org. Affected individuals and genetically related, unaffected, family members who create entries are guided to create a profile that captures the participants’ perspective on their disease and its progress; family history; genetic testing results; preventive measures; and interest in participating 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 perspectives, and their clinical progress. The overall goals are: to better understand the heterogeneity of the inherited retinal degenerative diseases; to understand the prevalence of the different diseases and gene mutations; 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 mechanism that facilitates more rapid recruitment for research studies and clinical trials.