Super camera could catch eye diseases before they steal your sight
NCT ID NCT07555574
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a special camera that takes detailed images of the retina using many wavelengths of light. Researchers hope it can find early signs of eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. About 1,000 adults in Melbourne, Australia, will have their eyes scanned with this new camera and compared to standard tests.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hyperspectral retinal camera
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new, non-invasive way to detect eye diseases earlier and more accurately than current methods.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on testing the camera's ability, not on treatment. It may not prove better than existing imaging, and results may not apply to all populations.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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: * Adults aged 18 years and older * Able to provide informed consent * Willing and able to attend a study visit at the Centre for Eye Research Australia * Participants with diagnosed retinal or optic nerve disease (e.g., diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration) * Age- and sex-matched healthy control participants without known retinal or optic nerve disease Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent * Ocular conditions preventing adequate retinal imaging (e.g., dense cataract, severe corneal opacity, vitreous haemorrhage) * Known contraindication to pharmacological pupil dilation * History of narrow anterior chamber angle or risk of angle closure glaucoma where dilation is considered unsafe * Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise participant safety or image quality
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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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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Centre for Eye Research Australia
RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
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