Status:

RECRUITING

EyeConic: Qualification for Cone-Optogenetics

Lead Sponsor:

Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel

Conditions:

Retinal Dystrophies

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

This study aims to prepare for the first-in-human clinical trial of cone optogenetics vision restoration. As a first step, this worldwide multicenter ocular imaging study (EyeConic Study) is performed...

Detailed Description

In a subset of patients with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs), cones lose their light-sensitive outer segments but remain alive in a dormant stage. This creates an opportunity to resensitize them ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria (patients):
  • Diagnosis of generalized IRD
  • Low vision as defined as visual acuity worse or equal to 0.05 (or 20/400) in the study eye
  • Availability of macular optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Inclusion Criteria (controls):
  • Normal ophthalmic findings
  • Availability of macular optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Exclusion Criteria (all):
  • Other eye diseases with a significant effect on vision or retinal structure
  • Extraocular disease affecting retinal structure such as neurodegenerative diseases

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2021

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1000 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05294978

    Start Date

    July 1 2021

    End Date

    December 1 2026

    Last Update

    July 31 2025

    Active Locations (9)

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    University of California San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology

    San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

    2

    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

    Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

    3

    University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

    4

    Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology

    Beijing, China