New eye surgery device put to the test in 205 patients
NCT ID NCT06799156
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a new device called Virtuoso for eye surgeries like cataract removal and vitrectomy. The goal is to make sure it is safe and works well. About 205 adults who need these surgeries will take part. The study will compare how often problems happen during surgery with this device versus what is already known from other devices.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 205 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient scheduled for either cataract surgery (subgroup "cataract"), pars-plana vitrectomy surgery, regardless of the indication (subgroup "vitrectomy"), or vitrectomy combined with cataract surgery (subgroup "combined procedure")
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Primary or repeat vitrectomy (only applicable to patients scheduled for vitrectomy or combined procedure) * Patients aged ≥ 18 years * Willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation in the study * Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits and other study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients aged \< 18 years * No post-operative 90 days visit is anticipated * Patients requiring or having already had scleral buckling * Patients with ocular comorbidities affecting surgical view including corneal opacities or scar * Pre-operative endothelial cell count \<1500 cells/cm2 (only applicable to patients considered for the cataract subgroup or the combined surgeries subgroup) * Advanced and secondary glaucoma * History of intraocular inflammation * Untreated diabetes * Microphthalmos or macrophthalmos * Participation in (or current participation) any ophthalmic investigational drug or ophthalmic device trial within the previous 30 days prior to the start date of this trial. * Post-Traumatic eye * Subluxated lens * Morganian cataract * Weak zonules: zonuli lysis or zonula laxa manifest * Pregnant or nursing females
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Munich, Germany
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