New eye camera could unlock secrets of inherited blindness

NCT ID NCT00254605

Recruiting now Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study uses a special camera called an Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) to take very detailed pictures of the retina in people with inherited retinal diseases like retinitis pigmentosa. Researchers will measure how the light-sensitive cells in the eye change over 30 months. The goal is to better understand how these diseases progress, not to test a new treatment.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to: If successful, this could help doctors better understand how inherited retinal diseases progress and may improve future diagnosis and monitoring.
What could go wrong: This is an observational imaging study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly improve vision or slow disease progression.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

Contacts and locations

Locations

Department of Ophthalmology Retinal Degenerations Clinic, UCSF
RECRUITING

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

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