COVID-19 ICU patients at risk for eye damage, small study finds
NCT ID NCT04385810
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at eye problems in 23 COVID-19 patients in intensive care. Doctors checked for damage to the cornea, retina, and optic nerve at several time points. The goal was to find and treat eye issues early to prevent vision loss.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors spot and treat eye injuries early in ICU patients, potentially preventing permanent vision loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, completed observational study with only 23 participants. It does not test a treatment, so it cannot directly lead to new therapies.
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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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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2020
- Finished
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Jul 2020
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
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 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * patient SARS-CoV2 positive (RT-PCR or chest scanner) * hospitalized in intensive care Exclusion Criteria: * traumatic lesion of the face or any other condition preventing any ophthalmological evaluation
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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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Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild
Paris, 75019, France
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