Antioxidant pill could slow 'Tunnel Vision' in inherited eye disease

NCT ID NCT05537220

Summary

This large, late-stage trial is testing whether a common antioxidant pill called N-acetylcysteine (NAC) can slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease that causes gradual vision loss. About 485 adults with the condition will take either NAC or a placebo pill daily for several years to see if it helps preserve their remaining central vision. The goal is to control the disease by protecting the eye's light-sensitive cells from damage, potentially delaying the onset of severe tunnel vision.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Emory University, Emory Eye Center

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Harvard University, Mass. Eye and Ear

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mayo Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • McGill University, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • Medical College of Wisconsin, The Eye Institute

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of Graz, Department of Ophthalmology

    Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria

  • Northwestern University

    Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States

  • Radboud University, Radboud University Medical Centre

    Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6500 HB, Netherlands

  • Retina Foundation of the Southwest

    Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States

  • Scheie Eye Institute

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Stanford University, Byers Eye Institute

    Stanford, California, 94303, United States

  • University College London, Moorfields Eye Hospital

    London, England, United Kingdom

  • University Of Illinois At Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Medical Center

    Amsterdam, Northern Holland, 1105 AZ, Netherlands

  • University of California - Davis, Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science

    Davis, California, 95817, United States

  • University of California - San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • University of Florida - Jacksonville, UF Health Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States

  • University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

  • University of Minnesota, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of Oklahoma, Dean McGee Eye Institute

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

    Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States

  • University of Tübingen, Department für Augenheilkunde

    Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany

  • University of Utah, Moran Eye Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

  • University of Washington, Department of Ophthalmology

    Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

  • University of Wisconsin - Madison, McPherson Eye Research Institute

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States

  • Universitätsspital Basel, Eye Clinic

    Basel, CH-4031, Switzerland

  • Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Eye Institute

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37211, United States

  • Vitreo Retinal Associates

    Gainesville, Florida, 32607, United States

  • Wilmer Eye Institute- Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

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