Eye implant could offer long-term pressure control for glaucoma patients
NCT ID NCT03891446
First seen Jul 15, 2026 · Last updated Jul 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at the long-term safety and effectiveness of bimatoprost SR, a tiny implant placed in the eye that slowly releases medication to lower eye pressure. It includes people with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension who have already used bimatoprost SR in earlier studies. Researchers will track how long the implant works before retreatment is needed and monitor for any side effects over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bimatoprost SR, an eye implant that slowly releases medication to lower eye pressure
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that bimatoprost SR is a safe, long-lasting option for controlling eye pressure, reducing the need for daily eye drops.
- What could go wrong
- This is an extension study, so it builds on earlier results. Possible side effects include eye irritation or inflammation, and the implant may not work for everyone.
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Conditions
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Locations
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AOU Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco /ID# 240305
Catania, 95123, Italy
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ASL 2 Abruzzo Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti /ID# 240217
Chieti, 67100, Italy
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Addenbrookes Hospital /ID# 240351
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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Advancing Vision Research /ID# 240288
Smyrna, Tennessee, 37167, United States
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Albemarle Clinical Trials LLC /ID# 240219
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 27909, United States
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Angeles Eye Institute /ID# 250397
Culver City, California, 90232, United States
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Arizona Eye Center - West Ray Road /ID# 240239
Chandler, Arizona, 85224, United States
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Arizona Glaucoma Specialists /ID# 240212
Phoenix, Arizona, 85050-4265, United States
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Asan Medical Center /ID# 240286
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea
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Asheville Eye Associates /ID# 240202
Asheville, North Carolina, 28803, United States
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Asian Eye Institute /ID# 240213
Makati City, 1200, Philippines
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Asian Eye Institute /ID# 240214
Makati City, 1200, Philippines
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia - Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia /ID# 240310
Perugia, 06156, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana /ID# 240301
Pisa, 56126, Italy
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Bergstrom Eye Research LLC /ID# 240257
Fargo, North Dakota, 58103, United States
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Bnai Zion Medical Center /ID# 240297
Haifa, 3339419, Israel
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Bostan Diagnostic Eye Center /ID# 240268
Cairo, Egypt
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Bruce Segal, MD /ID# 240292
Delray Beach, Florida, 33484-6540, United States
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CHU Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin /ID# 240316
Bordeaux, New Aquitaine, 33076, France
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Capital Eye Specialists /ID# 240259
Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
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Centre Ophtalmologique Pôle Vision /ID# 240256
Écully, Rhone, 69130, France
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Centro Oftalmologico Macula Diagnostico and Tratamiento /ID# 240269
Lima, LIMA 27, Peru
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Centrum Diagnostyki i Mikrochirurgii Oka - LENS sp. z o.o /ID# 240248
Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 10-424, Poland
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Charlotte Eye Ear Nose And Throat Associates- Southpark /ID# 240339
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28210, United States
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Chicago Eye Specialists /ID# 240270
Bedford Park, Illinois, 60638, United States
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Clinica De Oftalmologia Nova Campinas /ID# 240271
Campinas, São Paulo, 13092-108, Brazil
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Clinica Privada de Ojos /ID# 240272
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, 7600, Argentina
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Clinica de Oftalmologia Sandiego /ID# 240233
Medellín, Antioquia, 050016, Colombia
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Clinical Eye Research of Boston LLC /ID# 240203
Winchester, Massachusetts, 01890, United States
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Clinical ophthalmology hospital n.a. V.P. Vihodtsev. /ID# 240253
Omsk, Omsk Oblast, 644024, Russia
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Coastal Research Associates /ID# 240192
Roswell, Georgia, 30076, United States
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Colorado Eye Institute /ID# 248910
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80924-7003, United States
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Consultorio Oftalmologico Dr. Fabian Lerner /ID# 240247
CABA, Buenos Aires, 1122, Argentina
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DCT Shah Eye Research Institut /ID# 240306
Mission, Texas, 78572, United States
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Duplicate_Ain Shams University Hospital /ID# 240338
Cairo, Egypt
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Duplicate_Emory University /ID# 240328
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322-1013, United States
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Duplicate_Lakeside Vision Center /ID# 240204
Irvine, California, 92604, United States
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Duplicate_Martel Eye Medical Group /ID# 240291
Rancho Cordova, California, 95670-2968, United States
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Duplicate_NHS Lothian /ID# 240318
Edinburgh, EH3 9HE, United Kingdom
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Duplicate_Optimum Profesorskie Centrum Okulistyki Sp. z o.o. /ID# 240307
Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-809, Poland
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Duplicate_Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 240262
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Duplicate_Tulane University /ID# 240327
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112-2699, United States
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Emerson Clinical Research Institute - Falls Church /ID# 240274
Falls Church, Virginia, 22046, United States
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Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical School /ID# 240225
Eskişehir, 26480, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Eye Associates of Fort Meyers /ID# 240218
Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States
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Eye Associates of New Mexico /ID# 240216
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, United States
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Eye Associates of North Jersey /ID# 250445
Dover, New Jersey, 07801-1629, United States
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Eye Specialty Group /ID# 240241
Memphis, Tennessee, 38120, United States
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Eye associates /ID# 240265
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Fraser Eye Center /ID# 240245
Fraser, Michigan, 48026, United States
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Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional /ID# 240226
Bogotá, Bogota D.C., 110231, Colombia
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Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander - FOSCAL /ID# 240634
Bucaramanga, Santander Department, 681004, Colombia
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Galilee Medical Center /ID# 251967
Nahariya, Northern District, 2210001, Israel
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Glaucoma Care Center /ID# 250978
Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States
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Glaucoma associates/consultants of the capital region /ID# 240195
Slingerlands, New York, 12159, United States
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Hamilton Glaucoma Center Shiley Eye Center UCSD /ID# 240196
La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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Horizon Eye Specialists & Lasik Centers /ID# 240255
Sun City, Arizona, 85351, United States
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Hospital Clinico San Carlos /ID# 240303
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Oftalmologico Medicina dos Olhos /ID# 240277
Osasco, São Paulo, 0601-8180, Brazil
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Hospital Sao Paulo /ID# 240278
São Paulo, 04023-062, Brazil
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Hospital Universitario Austral /ID# 240331
Pilar, Buenos Aires, 1629, Argentina
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia /ID# 240322
Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena /ID# 240325
Seville, 41009, Spain
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Hospital de Olhos de Mato Grosso Do Sul /ID# 240276
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, 79002-075, Brazil
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Houston Eye Associates /ID# 240340
Houston, Texas, 77025, United States
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IN Univ School of Medicine /ID# 240294
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-2884, United States
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International Research Center /ID# 240346
Tampa, Florida, 33603, United States
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Internationale Innovative Ophthalmochirurgie /ID# 240232
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40212, Germany
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Keystone Research LTD /ID# 240185
Austin, Texas, 78731-4203, United States
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Klinika Diagnostyki i Mikrochirurgii Jaskry /ID# 240258
Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, 20-079, Poland
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Kovach Eye Institute /ID# 250442
Elmhurst, Illinois, 60126-2821, United States
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Legacy Devers Eye Institute /ID# 240210
Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States
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Levenson Eye Associates- Riverside Park Place /ID# 240209
Jacksonville, Florida, 32204, United States
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Logan Ophthalmic Research Inc. /ID# 240280
Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States
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M&M Eye Institute /ID# 240236
Prescott, Arizona, 86301, United States
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Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital /ID# 240194
Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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Marmara Universitesi Pendik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi /ID# 240296
Istanbul, 34899, Turkey (Türkiye)
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MedEye Associates /ID# 240333
Miami, Florida, 33143, United States
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Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates /ID# 240208
San Antonio, Texas, 78240-1502, United States
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Midwest Vision Research Foundation at Pepose Vision Institute /ID# 250402
Chesterfield, Missouri, 63017, United States
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Montefiore Hospital /ID# 240324
The Bronx, New York, 10467-2404, United States
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Nature Coast Clinical Research - Crystal River /ID# 240334
Crystal River, Florida, 34429, United States
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North Bay Eye Associates Inc. /ID# 248912
Petaluma, California, 94954-2387, United States
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Ocni klinika Pardubice /ID# 240347
Pardubice, 530 02, Czechia
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Oftalmika sp. z o.o. /ID# 240201
Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 85-631, Poland
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Oftalmología Global /ID# 240244
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, 2000, Argentina
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Oftar Mendoza /ID# 240308
Mendoza, 1019, Argentina
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Oklahoma Eye Surgeons /ID# 250430
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States
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Ophthalmic Consultant Centres /ID# 240205
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 1W9, Canada
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Ophthalmic Consultants Long Island /ID# 240211
Oceanside, New York, 11572, United States
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Pacific Eye Associates /ID# 240234
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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Peregrine Eye and Laser Institute /ID# 240260
Makati City, 1209, Philippines
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Piedmont Eye Center /ID# 240187
Lynchburg, Virginia, 24502, United States
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Plano Office /ID# 240243
Plano, Texas, 75093, United States
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Pretoria Eye Institute - Private Practice /ID# 240223
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0083, South Africa
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Private Practice - Dr. James D. Branch /ID# 240188
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27101, United States
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Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre - Victoria General /ID# 240336
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada
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Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 240332
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
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Rigshospitalet Glostrup /ID# 240330
Glostrup Municipality, Capital Region, 2600, Denmark
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Rochester Ophthalmological Group PC /ID# 240290
Rochester, New York, 14618-2616, United States
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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Campus, Doctors Office Center /ID# 240181
Newark, New Jersey, 07103-2425, United States
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S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution /ID# 240251
Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, 630071, Russia
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Sacramento Eye Consultants /ID# 240263
Sacramento, California, 95815, United States
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Samsung Medical Center /ID# 240335
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 06351, South Korea
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San Antonio Eye Center /ID# 240238
San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States
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Scott and Christie and Associates /ID# 240189
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, 16066, United States
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Singapore National Eye Centre /ID# 240224
Singapore, 168251, Singapore
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Specialty Retina Center /ID# 240254
Coral Springs, Florida, 33067, United States
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Tekwani Vision Center /ID# 240220
St Louis, Missouri, 63128, United States
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 240311
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Thammasat University Hospital /ID# 240231
Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong /ID# 240283
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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The Clinical Trials Network (CTNx) /ID# 240284
Redding, California, 96001, United States
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The Eye Care Institute /ID# 240289
Louisville, Kentucky, 40206-1738, United States
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The Eye Research Foundation /ID# 240186
Newport Beach, California, 92663-3637, United States
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The Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center /ID# 240293
Haifa, 34362, Israel
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Trinity Research Group /ID# 240190
Dothan, Alabama, 36301, United States
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Universitaetsklinikum Magdeburg /ID# 240314
Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven /ID# 240312
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, 3000, Belgium
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University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System /ID# 250981
Chicago, Illinois, 60607, United States
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University of South Florida- Neuroscience Institute /ID# 250980
Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States
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Vanderbilt Eye Institute /ID# 252659
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0025, United States
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Vistar Eye Center /ID# 240198
Roanoke, Virginia, 24011, United States
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Wolstan & Goldberg Eye Associates /ID# 240221
Torrance, California, 90505, United States
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