New lens design aims to sharpen vision after cataract surgery
NCT ID NCT07693205
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study compares two types of artificial lens implants used during cataract surgery: the Clareon TruPlus and a standard monofocal lens. About 180 adults with cataracts in both eyes will receive one type of lens in each eye. The goal is to see if the TruPlus lens improves distance vision more than the standard lens. Participants and the staff measuring their vision will not know which lens was implanted, but the surgeon will know.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Clareon TruPlus intraocular lens
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that the Clareon TruPlus lens provides better distance vision than standard monofocal lenses after cataract surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-phase study, and results may not apply to all patients. There is always a risk of complications from surgery or that the new lens offers no significant advantage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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22 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult cataract patients aged ≥22 years scheduled for cataract surgery in both eyes due to visually significant cataracts. 2. Ability to understand and sign an IRB/ethics committee-approved informed consent form. 3. Willingness and ability to attend all scheduled study visits as required by the protocol and complete all study testing procedures. 4. Postoperative potential visual acuity of 20/25 or better in each eye, as determined by the investigator. 5. Preoperative corneal astigmatism that can be corrected with a T3-T5 toric IOL, or with a spherical IOL plus LRIs/Aks, with either resulting in a predicted postoperative astigmatism \<0.50 D. 6. IOL power and, if toric, cylinder availability within labeled ranges for the assigned IOL family. 7. Ability to understand and complete study questionnaires. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant during the study period, or breastfeeding (by verbal confirmation). 2. Ocular conditions that could confound study results, including moderate-to-severe corneal pathology, irregular astigmatism, moderate-to-severe dry eye/ocular surface disease not optimized, preexisting retinal degenerative disease (e.g., age-related macular degeneration), diabetic retinopathy, or other clinically significant retinal pathology. 3. Any form of confirmed glaucomatous optic neuropathy or other optic nerve disease expected to affect visual function outcomes. 4. History of amblyopia, monofixation syndrome, or other binocular vision disorder with poor stereopsis that could confound binocular testing. 5. Prior ocular surgery (including corneal refractive surgery) in either eye. 6. Zonular laxity/dehiscence, pseudoexfoliation with clinically significant zonulopathy, nystagmus, or strabismus that could compromise uncomplicated surgery or reliable visual testing. 7. Participation in another clinical study (interventional) that could interfere with study results. 8. Planned monovision/mini-monovision or desire for monovision targeting. 9. Systemic conditions that may affect healing or visual outcomes (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, certain autoimmune disorders) per investigator judgment. 10. Psychiatric or cognitive disorders that may impair the ability to comply with study procedures or provide reliable self-assessments. 11. Any active ocular infection or inflammation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Berkeley Eye Center - Sugar Land
RECRUITINGSugar Land, Texas, 77478, United States
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