Could peeling an extra layer during eye surgery prevent repeat detachment?
NCT ID NCT04767555
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two types of surgery for people with a detached retina. One group gets standard repair surgery, the other gets an extra step where a thin membrane is peeled away. Researchers want to see if this extra step lowers the chance of re-detachment and improves vision over one year. About 250 adults with a first-time retinal detachment are taking part.
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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 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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 to 110 years
- 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: * primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment * of legal age (18 years or older) * in case of bilateral retinal detachment, only the first-affected eye will be included Exclusion Criteria: * pre-existing functional and morphological changes to the macula, hindering visual recovery (amblyopia, trauma, macular degeneration) * advanced retinal detachment with PVR stage C2 or more * eyes pre-operated within six months prior to the development of RD * state after any vitreoretinal surgery * state after complicated cataract surgery, including aphakia and anterior chamber lens implantation * patients with increased risk profiles * myopia magna (≥7 diopters) * advanced diabetic retinopathy * any chronic ocular or systemic inflammatory disease * any other proliferative systemic disease or condition associated with impaired wound healing
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Berner Augenklinik
Bern, Canton of Bern, 3007, Switzerland
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