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EyeConic: Qualification for Cone-Optogenetics

Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel · NCT05294978

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Any age listed · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
3
Study start
July 1, 2021
Record last updated
July 31, 2025

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

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 to identify eligible patients.

Being studied: Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Conditions: Retinal Dystrophies

Eligibility criteria

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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

Recruiting US locations

  • University of California San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology

    San Francisco, CA 94158

    Site contact: Jacque Duncan, MD

  • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

    Miami, FL 33136

    Site contact: Byron L Lam, MD

  • University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology

    Pittsburgh, PA 15213

    Site contact: Jose A Sahel, MD

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lucas Janeschitz-Kriegl, MD · +41787494373 · lucas.janeschitz@iob.ch
  • Tiana Koottungal · +41788486737 · tiana.koottungal@iob.ch
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