Laser zaps annoying eye floaters in new study
NCT ID NCT06915922
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a laser treatment for people with bothersome eye floaters that make vision blurry or distracting. Researchers will measure how vision, eye structure, and quality of life change after the procedure. The study involves 50 adults with floaters caused by certain eye conditions.
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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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52 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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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: * Only one eye per patient will be included in this study * Able and willing to give informed consent * Age ≥18 years * Suffering from symptomatic vitreous floaters * Floaters arising from either/both: * myopic vitreopathy * posterior vitreous detachment * Floaters meeting the following characteristics: * Present for ≥3 months * One single or more dense and well-defined vitreous opacities, * A Weiss Ring or opacities which are within the safety area, at least 3mm away from the retina and 6mm away from the lens * Visible on contact lens biomicroscopy Exclusion Criteria: * Patient presenting with vitreous opacities outside of the described safety area (within 3mm of the retina or 6mm from the lens) * Have clinically significant cataract (lens opacification) in one or both eyes which are in the opinion of the examining doctor more significant in impacting vision as compared to that caused by vitreous opacities; or cataract expected to need cataract surgery during the duration of the study * Present with untreated retinal tears or retinal holes requiring treatment at the discretion of the study investigator * Have high risk of peripheral lesions requiring treatment at the discretion of the study investigator * Have synchysis scintillans (unusual vitreous opacities from old blood) * Have asteroid hyalosis (unusual vitreous opacities from cholesterol) * Have vitreous hemorrhage (fresh blood in the center of the eye) * Have active photopsia (flashing lights) * History of previous YAG laser vitreolysis treatments, or vitrectomy for any condition (retinal detachment, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, etc.) * Have Posterior Vitreous Detachment (separation of vitreous away from the retina lining the inside of the back of the eye) within the past 3 months * Are unable to attend study appointments * Have any other significant ocular or non-ocular condition that, at the discretion of the study investigator, puts the subject at risk or influences the results of the study * History of intraocular surgery within 6 months from study entry * History of retinal laser within 2 months from study entry
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina
Huntington Beach, California, 92647, United States