New EyeCheck device put to the test for glaucoma monitoring
NCT ID NCT04639947
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if a new device called the EyeCheck monitor can measure eye pressure as accurately as standard tools in people with glaucoma or suspected glaucoma. Twenty-two participants used the device during a clinic visit. The study was stopped early, so results are limited.
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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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22 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: * Age of 18 years or older, * Any glaucoma patient or glaucoma suspect patient * Presents for an appointment wearing their own soft contact lens. Exclusion Criteria: * Arthritis affecting the upper extremity in the patient or caregiver * Patient unwilling or assessed to be unable to comply with the study protocol * Any corneal abnormalities such as opacities, scars, Fuchs dystrophy, map dot fingerprint dystrophy, history of recurrent corneal abrasion, corneal surgery such as Lasik, PRK, DSAEK, transplant or implant * History of any ongoing ocular symptoms such as eye pain or redness or discharge * History of recent ocular surgery (done in the past 3 months) * History of a any filtering or tube surgery for glaucoma (to reduce risk of infection associated complications) * Recent eye infection (within the past 3 months) * History of diabetes for \> 5 years duration * Monocular patient * Best corrected visual acuity\< 20/70 * Head or hand tremors
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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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Duke Eye Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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