New lens implant aims to sharpen vision at all distances
NCT ID NCT06401551
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a newer trifocal lens implant (Clareon PanOptix Pro) against an older one (Clareon PanOptix) in 71 adults having cataract surgery in both eyes. Each person got one of each lens, so their eyes could be compared directly. The goal was to see if the newer lens provides better distance, intermediate, and near vision without glasses.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intraocular lens (IOL) implant
- What this could lead to
- If the newer lens works better, it could offer sharper vision at all distances after cataract surgery, reducing the need for glasses.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 71 people. The improvement may be small or not noticeable for everyone. As with any eye surgery, risks include infection or inflammation.
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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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71 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- 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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22 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Understand and sign an ethics committee-approved informed consent form; * Willing and able to attend all scheduled study visits as required by the protocol; * Planned cataract surgery (both eyes); * Preoperative corneal astigmatism less that 1.00 diopter in each eye. * Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria may apply. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Women of childbearing potential if currently pregnant, intend to become pregnant during the study, or are breastfeeding; * Ocular conditions as specified in the protocol; * Subjects who desire monovision correction. * Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.
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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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Carolina Eye Care Physicians
Charleston, South Carolina, 29414, United States
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Cincinnati Eye Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, United States
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Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey Eye Surgeons, P.C.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48302, United States
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Houston Eye Associates
Houston, Texas, 77008, United States
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Moyes Eye Center
Kansas City, Missouri, 64154, United States
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The Eye Institute of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84107, United States
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Vision for Life
Nashville, Tennessee, 37205, United States
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Wolstan & Goldberg Eye Associates
Torrance, California, 90505, United States
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