Contact lens showdown: which lens gives sharper vision?
NCT ID NCT07174596
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tested two already-approved contact lenses to see how well they help people see clearly. 85 adults who normally wear soft contact lenses wore each lens for about a week. The main goals were to check if each lens gave 20/20 vision or better and if the lenses fit well. Since both lenses are already on the market, this trial was about comparing their performance, not testing a new treatment.
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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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85 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Oct 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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18 to 39 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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Potential subjects must satisfy all of the following criteria to be enrolled in the study: 1. Read, understand, and sign the STATEMENT OF INFORMED CONSENT and receive a fully executed copy of the form. 2\. Appear able and willing to adhere to the instructions set forth in this clinical protocol. 3\. Be between 18 and 39 (inclusive) years of age at the time of screening. 4. By self-report, habitually wear spherical soft silicone hydrogel contact lenses in both eyes in a daily reusable or daily disposable wear modality (i.e. not extended wear modality). Habitual wear is defined as a minimum of 6 hours of wear per day, for a minimum of 5 days per week during the past 30 days. 5\. Have a habitual contact lens prescription that is current (no power change needed) within the prior 6 months, and they must have worn that prescription for at least 2 weeks prior to entering the study. 6\. Possess a wearable pair of spectacles that provide correction for distance vision. 7\. The spherical equivalent of the subject's vertex-corrected distance refraction must be between -1.00 D and -6.00 D in each eye. 8\. The best corrected, monocular, distance visual acuity must be 20/25 or better in each eye. Potential subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participating in the study: 1. Be currently pregnant or lactating. 2. Be currently using any ocular medications or have any ocular infection of any type. 3. By self-report, have any ocular or systemic disease, allergies, infection, or use of medication that the investigator believes might contraindicate or interfere with contact lens wear, or otherwise compromise study endpoints, including infectious disease (e.g., hepatitis, tuberculosis), contagious immunosuppressive disease (e.g., Human Immunodeficiency Virus \[HIV\]), autoimmune disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome), or history of serious mental illness or seizures. See Section 9.1 for additional details regarding excluded systemic medications. 4. Have habitually worn rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses, orthokeratology lenses, or hybrid lenses (e.g. SynergEyes, SoftPerm) within the past 6 months. 5. Be currently wearing monovision or multifocal contact lenses. 6. Be currently wearing lenses in an extended wear modality. 7. Have a known hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to silicone hydrogel soft contact lenses. 8. Have participated in a contact lens or lens care product clinical trial within 14 days prior to study enrollment. 9. Be an employee (e.g., Investigator, Coordinator, Technician) or immediate family member of an employee (including partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee or their spouse) of the clinical site. 10. Have clinically significant (grade 3 or higher on the FDA grading scale) slit lamp findings (e.g., corneal edema, neovascularization or staining, tarsal abnormalities, or bulbar injection) or other corneal or ocular disease or abnormalities that the investigator believes might contraindicate contact lens wear or may otherwise compromise study endpoints (including entropion, ectropion, chalazia, recurrent styes, glaucoma, history of recurrent corneal erosions, aphakia, moderate or above corneal distortion, herpetic keratitis). 11. Have a history of strabismus or amblyopia. 12. Have fluctuations in vision due to clinically significant dry eye or other ocular conditions. 13. Have had or have planned (within the study period) any ocular or intraocular surgery (e.g., radial keratotomy, PRK, LASIK, iridotomy, retinal laser photocoagulation, etc.).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Botetourt Eyecare LLC
Salem, Virginia, 24153, United States
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New Bremen EyeCare
New Bremen, Ohio, 45869, United States
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New River Vision Care
Oak Hill, West Virginia, 25901, United States
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VisualEyes
Roswell, Georgia, 30076, United States
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