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Eye-Tracking study reveals how kids use special glasses for nearsightedness
NCT ID NCT07229365
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tracks where children aged 7 to 14 look through special spectacle lenses designed to slow nearsightedness (myopia). Researchers want to see if kids look through different parts of the lens depending on what they're doing, like reading or playing. The goal is to understand how children actually use these glasses, which could help improve future lens designs. The study involves 20 participants and uses surveys and observation to measure gaze location and pupil size.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Novel spectacle lens design
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help improve the design of myopia-control glasses for children, potentially slowing vision worsening.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study with only 20 children, so results may not apply broadly. It does not test whether the lenses actually slow myopia.
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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 20 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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Jul 2027
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.
- Ages
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7 to 14 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: A person is eligible for inclusion in the study if he/she: * Is 7-14 years of age, inclusive * Requires spherical spectacle lenses within the power range available for the study lenses * Parent/guardian has read and understood the informed consent form, and the child has provided age-appropriate assent * Is willing and able to follow instructions and maintain the appointment schedule * Is correctable to a visual acuity of 20/40 or better (in each eye) with their habitual vision correction or 20/20 best corrected * Has had a self-reported oculo-visual examination in the last two years * Spectacle cylinder of ≤ -0.75DC in both eyes Exclusion Criteria: A person will be excluded from the study if he/she: * Is unable to complete the necessary study activities * Has any systemic disease affecting ocular health * Is using any systemic or topical medications (including pharmaceutical myopia control therapy) that will affect ocular health * Is aphakic
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Indiana University
RECRUITINGBloomington, Indiana, 47405, United States
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