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

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AOU Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco /ID# 240305

    Catania, 95123, Italy

  • ASL 2 Abruzzo Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti /ID# 240217

    Chieti, 67100, Italy

  • Addenbrookes Hospital /ID# 240351

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom

  • Advancing Vision Research /ID# 240288

    Smyrna, Tennessee, 37167, United States

  • Albemarle Clinical Trials LLC /ID# 240219

    Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 27909, United States

  • Angeles Eye Institute /ID# 250397

    Culver City, California, 90232, United States

  • Arizona Eye Center - West Ray Road /ID# 240239

    Chandler, Arizona, 85224, United States

  • Arizona Glaucoma Specialists /ID# 240212

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85050-4265, United States

  • Asan Medical Center /ID# 240286

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea

  • Asheville Eye Associates /ID# 240202

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28803, United States

  • Asian Eye Institute /ID# 240213

    Makati City, 1200, Philippines

  • Asian Eye Institute /ID# 240214

    Makati City, 1200, Philippines

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia - Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia /ID# 240310

    Perugia, 06156, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana /ID# 240301

    Pisa, 56126, Italy

  • Bergstrom Eye Research LLC /ID# 240257

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58103, United States

  • Bnai Zion Medical Center /ID# 240297

    Haifa, 3339419, Israel

  • Bostan Diagnostic Eye Center /ID# 240268

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Bruce Segal, MD /ID# 240292

    Delray Beach, Florida, 33484-6540, United States

  • CHU Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin /ID# 240316

    Bordeaux, New Aquitaine, 33076, France

  • Capital Eye Specialists /ID# 240259

    Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

  • Centre Ophtalmologique Pôle Vision /ID# 240256

    Écully, Rhone, 69130, France

  • Centro Oftalmologico Macula Diagnostico and Tratamiento /ID# 240269

    Lima, LIMA 27, Peru

  • Centrum Diagnostyki i Mikrochirurgii Oka - LENS sp. z o.o /ID# 240248

    Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 10-424, Poland

  • Charlotte Eye Ear Nose And Throat Associates- Southpark /ID# 240339

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28210, United States

  • Chicago Eye Specialists /ID# 240270

    Bedford Park, Illinois, 60638, United States

  • Clinica De Oftalmologia Nova Campinas /ID# 240271

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13092-108, Brazil

  • Clinica Privada de Ojos /ID# 240272

    Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, 7600, Argentina

  • Clinica de Oftalmologia Sandiego /ID# 240233

    Medellín, Antioquia, 050016, Colombia

  • Clinical Eye Research of Boston LLC /ID# 240203

    Winchester, Massachusetts, 01890, United States

  • Clinical ophthalmology hospital n.a. V.P. Vihodtsev. /ID# 240253

    Omsk, Omsk Oblast, 644024, Russia

  • Coastal Research Associates /ID# 240192

    Roswell, Georgia, 30076, United States

  • Colorado Eye Institute /ID# 248910

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80924-7003, United States

  • Consultorio Oftalmologico Dr. Fabian Lerner /ID# 240247

    CABA, Buenos Aires, 1122, Argentina

  • DCT Shah Eye Research Institut /ID# 240306

    Mission, Texas, 78572, United States

  • Duplicate_Ain Shams University Hospital /ID# 240338

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Duplicate_Emory University /ID# 240328

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322-1013, United States

  • Duplicate_Lakeside Vision Center /ID# 240204

    Irvine, California, 92604, United States

  • Duplicate_Martel Eye Medical Group /ID# 240291

    Rancho Cordova, California, 95670-2968, United States

  • Duplicate_NHS Lothian /ID# 240318

    Edinburgh, EH3 9HE, United Kingdom

  • Duplicate_Optimum Profesorskie Centrum Okulistyki Sp. z o.o. /ID# 240307

    Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-809, Poland

  • Duplicate_Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 240262

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Duplicate_Tulane University /ID# 240327

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112-2699, United States

  • Emerson Clinical Research Institute - Falls Church /ID# 240274

    Falls Church, Virginia, 22046, United States

  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical School /ID# 240225

    Eskişehir, 26480, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Eye Associates of Fort Meyers /ID# 240218

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States

  • Eye Associates of New Mexico /ID# 240216

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, United States

  • Eye Associates of North Jersey /ID# 250445

    Dover, New Jersey, 07801-1629, United States

  • Eye Specialty Group /ID# 240241

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38120, United States

  • Eye associates /ID# 240265

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Fraser Eye Center /ID# 240245

    Fraser, Michigan, 48026, United States

  • Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional /ID# 240226

    Bogotá, Bogota D.C., 110231, Colombia

  • Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander - FOSCAL /ID# 240634

    Bucaramanga, Santander Department, 681004, Colombia

  • Galilee Medical Center /ID# 251967

    Nahariya, Northern District, 2210001, Israel

  • Glaucoma Care Center /ID# 250978

    Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States

  • Glaucoma associates/consultants of the capital region /ID# 240195

    Slingerlands, New York, 12159, United States

  • Hamilton Glaucoma Center Shiley Eye Center UCSD /ID# 240196

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • Horizon Eye Specialists & Lasik Centers /ID# 240255

    Sun City, Arizona, 85351, United States

  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos /ID# 240303

    Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Oftalmologico Medicina dos Olhos /ID# 240277

    Osasco, São Paulo, 0601-8180, Brazil

  • Hospital Sao Paulo /ID# 240278

    São Paulo, 04023-062, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitario Austral /ID# 240331

    Pilar, Buenos Aires, 1629, Argentina

  • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia /ID# 240322

    Córdoba, 14004, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena /ID# 240325

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital de Olhos de Mato Grosso Do Sul /ID# 240276

    Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, 79002-075, Brazil

  • Houston Eye Associates /ID# 240340

    Houston, Texas, 77025, United States

  • IN Univ School of Medicine /ID# 240294

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-2884, United States

  • International Research Center /ID# 240346

    Tampa, Florida, 33603, United States

  • Internationale Innovative Ophthalmochirurgie /ID# 240232

    Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40212, Germany

  • Keystone Research LTD /ID# 240185

    Austin, Texas, 78731-4203, United States

  • Klinika Diagnostyki i Mikrochirurgii Jaskry /ID# 240258

    Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, 20-079, Poland

  • Kovach Eye Institute /ID# 250442

    Elmhurst, Illinois, 60126-2821, United States

  • Legacy Devers Eye Institute /ID# 240210

    Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States

  • Levenson Eye Associates- Riverside Park Place /ID# 240209

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32204, United States

  • Logan Ophthalmic Research Inc. /ID# 240280

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States

  • M&M Eye Institute /ID# 240236

    Prescott, Arizona, 86301, United States

  • Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital /ID# 240194

    Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

  • Marmara Universitesi Pendik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi /ID# 240296

    Istanbul, 34899, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • MedEye Associates /ID# 240333

    Miami, Florida, 33143, United States

  • Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates /ID# 240208

    San Antonio, Texas, 78240-1502, United States

  • Midwest Vision Research Foundation at Pepose Vision Institute /ID# 250402

    Chesterfield, Missouri, 63017, United States

  • Montefiore Hospital /ID# 240324

    The Bronx, New York, 10467-2404, United States

  • Nature Coast Clinical Research - Crystal River /ID# 240334

    Crystal River, Florida, 34429, United States

  • North Bay Eye Associates Inc. /ID# 248912

    Petaluma, California, 94954-2387, United States

  • Ocni klinika Pardubice /ID# 240347

    Pardubice, 530 02, Czechia

  • Oftalmika sp. z o.o. /ID# 240201

    Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 85-631, Poland

  • Oftalmología Global /ID# 240244

    Rosario, Santa Fe Province, 2000, Argentina

  • Oftar Mendoza /ID# 240308

    Mendoza, 1019, Argentina

  • Oklahoma Eye Surgeons /ID# 250430

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States

  • Ophthalmic Consultant Centres /ID# 240205

    Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 1W9, Canada

  • Ophthalmic Consultants Long Island /ID# 240211

    Oceanside, New York, 11572, United States

  • Pacific Eye Associates /ID# 240234

    San Francisco, California, 94115, United States

  • Peregrine Eye and Laser Institute /ID# 240260

    Makati City, 1209, Philippines

  • Piedmont Eye Center /ID# 240187

    Lynchburg, Virginia, 24502, United States

  • Plano Office /ID# 240243

    Plano, Texas, 75093, United States

  • Pretoria Eye Institute - Private Practice /ID# 240223

    Pretoria, Gauteng, 0083, South Africa

  • Private Practice - Dr. James D. Branch /ID# 240188

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27101, United States

  • Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre - Victoria General /ID# 240336

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada

  • Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 240332

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Rigshospitalet Glostrup /ID# 240330

    Glostrup Municipality, Capital Region, 2600, Denmark

  • Rochester Ophthalmological Group PC /ID# 240290

    Rochester, New York, 14618-2616, United States

  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Campus, Doctors Office Center /ID# 240181

    Newark, New Jersey, 07103-2425, United States

  • S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution /ID# 240251

    Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, 630071, Russia

  • Sacramento Eye Consultants /ID# 240263

    Sacramento, California, 95815, United States

  • Samsung Medical Center /ID# 240335

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 06351, South Korea

  • San Antonio Eye Center /ID# 240238

    San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States

  • Scott and Christie and Associates /ID# 240189

    Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, 16066, United States

  • Singapore National Eye Centre /ID# 240224

    Singapore, 168251, Singapore

  • Specialty Retina Center /ID# 240254

    Coral Springs, Florida, 33067, United States

  • Tekwani Vision Center /ID# 240220

    St Louis, Missouri, 63128, United States

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 240311

    Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • Thammasat University Hospital /ID# 240231

    Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong /ID# 240283

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • The Clinical Trials Network (CTNx) /ID# 240284

    Redding, California, 96001, United States

  • The Eye Care Institute /ID# 240289

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40206-1738, United States

  • The Eye Research Foundation /ID# 240186

    Newport Beach, California, 92663-3637, United States

  • The Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center /ID# 240293

    Haifa, 34362, Israel

  • Trinity Research Group /ID# 240190

    Dothan, Alabama, 36301, United States

  • Universitaetsklinikum Magdeburg /ID# 240314

    Magdeburg, 39120, Germany

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven /ID# 240312

    Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, 3000, Belgium

  • University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System /ID# 250981

    Chicago, Illinois, 60607, United States

  • University of South Florida- Neuroscience Institute /ID# 250980

    Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States

  • Vanderbilt Eye Institute /ID# 252659

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0025, United States

  • Vistar Eye Center /ID# 240198

    Roanoke, Virginia, 24011, United States

  • Wolstan & Goldberg Eye Associates /ID# 240221

    Torrance, California, 90505, United States

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