Scientists map the path of a rare blinding disease

NCT ID NCT04765345

Summary

This study aims to understand how quickly vision declines in people with a specific genetic cause of Usher syndrome, a condition that causes both hearing and vision loss. Researchers will follow 44 participants with PCDH15 gene mutations for four years, measuring their vision and eye structure in detail. The goal is to gather essential information to help design and measure the success of future treatment trials.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHNO des Quinze-Vingts

    Paris, France

  • Duke University, Duke Eye Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Haddassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Israel

  • Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital

    London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom

  • Radboud University

    Nijmegen, Netherlands

  • The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • University Hospital Basel

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0344, United States

  • University of Tubingen

    Tübingen, Germany

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