Could a simple drink protect your eyesight?
NCT ID NCT06333236
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a daily oral solution containing citicoline and nicotinamide (Kron) could improve eye function in 30 people with open-angle glaucoma. Participants took the supplement and had their retinal and visual cortex activity measured. The goal was to see if the combination could offer short-term benefits for vision.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- citicoline and nicotinamide oral solution
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a nutritional supplement that helps protect vision in people with glaucoma.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very small, early study with only 30 participants and no control group, so results may not be reliable or apply to everyone. It also does not address the root cause of glaucoma.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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40 to 70 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: * glaucomatous patients with moderate visual field loss, MD ranging from -6 dB and -12 dB, and risk of progression * controlled intraocular pressure * at least 3 previous visual field examinations. Exclusion Criteria: * angle closure glaucoma and secondary open angle glaucoma * refractive error outside +2D and -6D * ophthalmic surgery 6 months before the recruitment * presence of cataract or other conditions that could affect results of perimetry or electroretinography * treatment with supplements in any form with a demonstrated or presumed neuroprotecting/neuroenhancing effect in the last six months * presence of other ocular or systemic diseases that could affect results of perimetry or electroretinography.
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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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ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo
Milan, Mi, 20142, Italy
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Luca Rossetti
Milan, MI, 20142, Italy
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