Super-Scope for eyes: imaging trial spots hidden clues in blindness
NCT ID NCT04129021
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a high-resolution imaging system to see tiny structures in the eye that routine tools cannot detect. Researchers will scan 1,200 people with various eye conditions and healthy volunteers. The goal is to better understand diseases like glaucoma, diabetes, and retinal degeneration.
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 improve how doctors see and understand eye diseases, leading to earlier or more accurate diagnoses.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational imaging study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly change patient care or outcomes.
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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 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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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: * People over 18 * Patient with a pathology affecting the eye or healthy volunteer * Participant who signed the consent * Beneficiaries of the health insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of photosensitivity. * Patients who have just received a photodynamic therapy treatment ( * Patients taking drugs with photosensitivity as a side effect. * Persons with pacemakers or other implanted electronic medical device * Patients with viral conjunctivitis or any other infectious disease. * Patients with skin lesions on the neck or forehead * Patients at high risk of damage from optical radiation, such as aphakic patients, or patients with decreased sensitivity to light due to fundus disease. * Pregnant or lactating women * Participant unable to be followed throughout the study * Vulnerable people * Subjects with predisposition to closure of the iridocorneal angle
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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.
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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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts
RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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