New study tracks daily life impact of rare eye disease
NCT ID NCT03295071
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 44 people with a rare inherited eye condition called Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) that causes vision loss. Researchers reviewed medical records and asked participants about their vision, health, and quality of life. The goal was to better understand how the disease affects daily living and to gather information for future research.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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44 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2018
- Finished
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Jul 2020
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study will recruit at least 50 affected LHON subjects (both adult and pediatric) from global clinical sites at the following countries, but not limited to: Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom, and the United States. Efforts will be done to maintain the population of at least 50 affected LHON subjects. Recruitment efforts of recruiting approximately 75% of eligible subjects with 11778/ND4 mutation and 30% of eligible subjects under the age of 18 at the time of index date, wherever possible, will be done at the study level.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Subjects who have a confirmed and genotyped diagnosis of LHON; * Subjects with visual function outcomes data including at least 2 visual function assessments between 1 year and 3 years (+/- 4 weeks) after vision loss; * Subjects who are willing and able to provide written informed consent if required as per local regulations; * For LHON subjects under the age of 18 years, permission from a legal guardian to participate in the study; Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who received any investigational drug, or participated in any LHON-related interventional clinical trial during the observational period; * Subjects without medical charts data available.
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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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Alkek Eye Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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CHNO Les Quinze Vingts
Paris, 75012, France
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CHU d'Angers
Angers, 49100, France
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Doheny Eye Center UCLA Pasadena
Pasadena, California, 91105, United States
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Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Institut Catala de Retina
Barcelona, 08022, Spain
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, Greater London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom
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Ospedale Bellaria
Bologna, 40139, Italy
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Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Wills Eye Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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