Cosmetic contacts put to the test: do they blur your vision?
NCT ID NCT06864858
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study compared two types of cosmetic contact lenses to see if they affect vision. 53 soft contact lens wearers tried both lenses and had their eyesight measured. The results showed that both lenses provided clear vision, similar to standard contact lenses.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cosmetic contact lens (etafilcon A with PVP with cosmetic pattern)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that cosmetic contact lenses can provide clear vision similar to standard lenses.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study focused on short-term vision only. It does not test long-term safety or comfort.
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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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53 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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May 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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. Be a current soft contact lens wearer in both eyes with a minimum of 6 hours/day and 5 days/week over the last 30 days by self-report. 5. The subject's vertex corrected spherical equivalent distance refraction must be in the range of -1.00 D to -6.00 D (inclusive) in each eye. 6. The subject's refractive cylinder must be less than or equal to 0.75 D (inclusive) in each eye. 7. Have spherical best corrected visual acuity of 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. Have any systemic disease (eg, Sjögren's Syndrome), allergies, infectious disease (eg, hepatitis, tuberculosis), contagious immunosuppressive diseases (eg, HIV), autoimmune disease (eg rheumatoid arthritis), or other diseases, by self-report, which are known to interfere with contact lens wear and/or participation in the study (at the investigator's discretion). 3. Use of systemic medications (eg, chronic steroid use) that are known to interfere with contact lens wear (at the investigator's discretion). 4. Have any previous, or planned (during the study), ocular surgery (eg, radial keratotomy, PRK, LASIK, etc.). 5. Have any previous history or signs of a contact lens-related corneal inflammatory event (eg, past peripheral ulcer or round peripheral scar), or any other ocular abnormality that would contraindicate contact lens wear (at the investigator's discretion). 6. Have participated in any contact lens or lens care product clinical trial within seven (7) days prior to study enrollment. 7. 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. 8. Have any ocular allergies, infections or other ocular abnormalities that are known to interfere with contact lens wear and/or participation in the study. This may include, but not be limited to entropion, ectropion, extrusions, chalazia, recurrent styes, glaucoma, history of recurrent corneal erosions, aphakia, or corneal distortion (at the investigator's discretion). 9. Have any clinically significant (Grade 3 or 4 on FDA scale) tarsal abnormalities, bulbar injection, corneal edema, corneal vascularization, corneal staining, or any other abnormalities of the cornea which would contraindicate contact lens wear.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maitland Vision Center - North Orlando Ave
Maitland, Florida, 32751, United States
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