Can a contact lens reshape your eye in just one hour?
NCT ID NCT07155551
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether three different prototype soft contact lenses can cause a short-term change in the thickness of the choroid (a layer at the back of the eye) in people with nearsightedness (myopia). Twenty volunteers aged 18 to 25 will wear each lens for one hour, and the thickness will be measured before and after. The goal is to see if the lenses have an immediate effect, which could inform future designs for managing myopia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- prototype soft contact lenses
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help researchers understand how contact lens design might influence eye structures linked to myopia progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study (20 people) measuring only a short-term effect after 1 hour. It does not test whether the lenses actually slow or prevent myopia.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 25 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: * Are 18-25 years of age (inclusive) and have full legal capacity to volunteer; Have read (or be read to) and signed the information and consent form; Habitually wear soft contact lenses or are spectacle wearers with previous experience of soft contact lens wear; * Are myopic with both eyes having a vertex corrected spherical equivalent non-cycloplegic refraction of at least -0.50 DS and no more than -4.50 DS; * Achieve at least LogMAR +0.10 with spherical equivalent refraction in each eye; * Are willing and able to maintain the appointment schedule and follow the measurement visit instructions which include no use of caffeine drinks, alcohol or other stimulants 12 hours before each measurement visit and no smoking or use of recreational cannabis 24 hours before the study visit; * Have not used a myopia control treatment within 2 years prior to Visit 0 (this includes multifocal spectacle or contact lens wear, orthokeratology, or atropine); * Typically sleeps at least 7 hours per night. Exclusion Criteria: * Participating in any concurrent clinical or research study; * Have astigmatism of more than 1.00 DC in either eye as per non-cycloplegic refraction; * Have amblyopia in either eye or known to have any other binocular vision disorder, such as accommodative insufficiency; * Have any known active\* ocular disease and/or infection; * Have a systemic condition that in the opinion of the investigator may affect a study outcome variable. Examples include diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, and active allergies; * Are using any systemic or topical medications that in the opinion of the investigator may affect a study outcome variable. Examples include antihistamine, atropine eye drops; * Have known sensitivity to the sodium fluorescein diagnostic pharmaceutical to be used in the study; * Self-reports as pregnant, lactating or planning a pregnancy at the time of enrolment; * Have undergone strabismus surgery, refractive error surgery or intraocular surgery; * Are an employee of the Centre for Ocular Research \& Education directly involved in this study (i.e. on the delegation log).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre for Ocular Research and Education at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at Waterloo University
RECRUITINGWaterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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