New lens aims to sharpen sight after dual eye surgery
NCT ID NCT07441616
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study will test a new type of artificial lens, called the PureSee IOL, in 10 people who need surgery for both cataracts and a cornea condition called Fuchs dystrophy. The goal is to see if this lens helps patients see well at different distances and reduces their need for glasses after surgery. Researchers will measure vision sharpness, contrast sensitivity, and patient satisfaction over six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PureSee™ extended range of vision intraocular lens (IOL)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this lens could help people who need both cataract and cornea surgery see better at multiple distances and rely less on glasses.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility study with only 10 participants and no comparison group. The results may not apply to everyone, and the lens may not perform as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 90 years
- 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: * Patients with bilateral cataract grade greater than II, according to the Lens Opacities Classification System III (LOCS III) , combined with FECD displaying clinical or subclinical corneal edema or displaying visual disturbing guttae with at least Krachmer grade 3 * Patients aged between 40 and 90 years * Capacity to read and to understand the study information and to provide informed consent, as well as Patient Reported Spectacle Independence Questionnaire (PRSIQ) and Patient Reported Visual Symptom Questionnaire (PRVSQ) * Patients willing and capable to attend the 6-month follow-up appointment Exclusion Criteria: * history of ocular surgery * corneal scars * macular disease revealed by pre-surgical macular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), * opticopathy * glaucoma with reduced sensitivity of visual field * uveitis * amblyopia * axial length \<22mm or \>25mm, * scotopic pupil size \>5mm, * central corneal thickness \>700microns, * corneal astigmatism \>1 diopters (D) on biometry * irregular astigmatism (RMS HOA 3mm pupil \>0.3) * angle kappa \>0.3mm ((chord µ measured with Pentacam HR; Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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