New imaging study reveals how implant tames eye inflammation
NCT ID NCT04340505
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study followed 30 uveitis patients who received a fluocinolone acetonide implant to control eye inflammation. Researchers used advanced imaging (OCT, OCTA, fluorescein angiography) to track changes in inflammation over 12 months. The goal was to see if imaging could better measure treatment response than standard exams.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fluocinolone acetonide implant
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better monitor and treat uveitis inflammation using imaging, potentially improving long-term disease control.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational study (30 people) that looks at imaging changes, not a large trial testing a new drug. Results may not apply to all uveitis patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- 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.
Who is studied
Patients with active uveitis.
- 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: * 1\. Any patient with a diagnosis of uveitis, who is deemed active or recently active (6 months) by a uveitis specialist and requires an injectable fluocinolone acetonide implant to treat their inflammation. Exclusion Criteria: \- 1. Poor view in fundus in both eyes which precludes image acquisition in those with posterior uveitis 2. Those with any allergy to fluorescein 3. Corneal opacities which prevent image acquisition 4. Inability to sign consent 5. Poor candidates for injectable fluocinolone acetonide (advanced glaucoma without previous filtering surgery, chronic elevated IOP (\>25) on maximal topical anti-glaucoma drops and evidence of optic nerve progression. 6\. Children under the age of 18 and pregnant/nursing mothers.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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