Scientists watch and treat eye diseases to unlock their secrets
NCT ID NCT02821767
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 14 times
Summary
This study aims to learn more about eye diseases by observing and providing standard care to up to 1,000 people over 5 years. Participants receive regular eye exams, tests, and treatments as needed. The goal is to better understand how eye diseases progress and are inherited, not to test new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2016
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Primary Clinical
- Ages
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2 to 100 years
- 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.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: To be eligible, the following inclusion criteria must be met, where applicable. 1. Have a diagnosed, undiagnosed or suspected eye disease. 2. Have the ability to understand and sign an informed consent or have a parent/legal guardian do so if they are minor children or a legally authorized representative to provide consent for adults without consent capacity. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: A participant is not eligible if any of the following exclusion criteria are present. 1. Are unwilling to give informed consent or assent when applicable. 2. Are unwilling or unable to be followed as clinically indicated. 3. Have a systemic disease that compromises the ability of NEI clinicians to provide adequate ophthalmologic examination or treatment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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