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New lenses may reveal how to slow nearsightedness in kids
NCT ID NCT05617794
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether special spectacle lenses called Diffusion Optics Technology (DOT) lenses can change the thickness of the choroid, a layer of blood vessels in the eye. Researchers will measure these changes in 30 children aged 8-14 with normal vision after wearing the lenses for 30 and 60 minutes. The goal is to understand how these lenses might help control myopia (nearsightedness) progression.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Diffusion Optics Technology (DOT) spectacle lenses
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help explain how DOT lenses might slow myopia progression in children.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study measuring short-term eye changes, not long-term vision outcomes. Results may not lead to a proven 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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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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8 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: * Are 8-14 years of age; * Are able to read (or be read to), understand and sign the assent document; * Are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who is able to read, understand and sign the parental information and permission document; * Are emmetropic by non-cycloplegic auto-refraction, which means both refractive meridians should be within +1.00D and -1.00D inclusively; * Are willing and able to follow instructions. Exclusion Criteria: * Are participating in any concurrent interventional clinical or research study; * Have a history of myopia control treatment in the past year; * Have amblyopia in either eye or known to have any other binocular vision disorder, such as accommodative insufficiency; * Have any known active ocular disease and/or infection; * Have a systemic condition that in the opinion of the investigator may affect a study outcome variable. Examples include diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism; * Are using any systemic or topical medications that in the opinion of the investigator may affect a study outcome variable. Examples include Atropine eye drops; * Have undergone strabismus surgery, refractive error surgery or intraocular surgery; * Are a child of a member of the study team.
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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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Centre for Ocular Research and Education
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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