New study aims to pave the way for treatments of a rare eye disease

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Willing to participate in the study and able to communicate consent during the consent process 2. Ability to return for all study visits over 48 months 3. Age ≥ 18 years 4. Must meet one of the Genetic Screening Criteria, defined below: Screening Group A: At least 2 disease-causing variants in the EYS gene which are homozygous or heterozygous in trans, based on a report from a clinically-certified lab (or a report from a research lab that has been pre-approved by the Study Committee) Screening Group B: Only 1 disease-causing variant in the EYS gene, based on a report from a clinically-certified lab (or a report from a research lab which has been pre-approved by the Study Committee) Screening Group C: At least 2 disease-causing variants in the EYS gene which are unknown phase, based on a report from a clinically-certified lab (or a report from a research lab which has been pre-approved by the Study Committee) Note pertaining to all Screening Groups: if a participant has a variant(s) of unknown significance, he/she would still qualify as long as there is at least 1 disease-causing variant(s) on the EYS gene. Ocular Inclusion Criteria: Both eyes must meet all of the following: 1. Clinical diagnosis of retinal dystrophy 2. Clear ocular media and adequate pupil dilation to permit good quality photographic imaging Exclusion Criteria: 1. Mutations in genes that cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP), X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP), or presence of biallelic mutations in autosomal recessive RP/retinal dystrophy genes other than EYS. 2. Expected to enter experimental treatment trial at any time during this study 3. History of more than 1 year of cumulative treatment, at any time, with an agent associated with pigmentary retinopathy (including hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, thioridazine, and deferoxamine) Ocular exclusion Criteria: If either eye has any of the following, the participant is not eligible: * Current vitreous hemorrhage * Current or any history of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment * Current or any history of (e.g., prior to cataract or refractive surgery) spherical equivalent of the refractive error worse than -8 Diopters of myopia * History of intraocular surgery (e.g., cataract surgery, vitrectomy, penetrating keratoplasty, or LASIK) within the last 3 months * Current or any history of confirmed diagnosis of glaucoma (e.g., based on glaucomatous visual functions changes or nerve changes, or history of glaucoma filtering surgery) * Current or any history of retinal vascular occlusion or proliferative diabetic retinopathy * History or current evidence of ocular disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, may confound assessment of visual function * History or evidence of active treatment for retinitis pigmentosa that could affect the progression of retinal degeneration, including: * Any use of ocular stem cell or gene therapy * Treatment with an ophthalmic oligonucleotide within the last 9 months (last treatment date is less than 9 months prior to Screening Visit date) * Treatment with any other product within five times the expected half-life of the product (time from last treatment date to Screening Visit date is at least 5 times the half-life of the given product)