Night vision test could reveal severity of eye disease
NCT ID NCT02617966
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 18 times
Summary
This study looks at how well people with retinal diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt's disease see in the dark. Researchers want to find out if measuring dark adaptation can help detect and track these conditions. Healthy volunteers and people with retinal disease aged 5 and older can join. Participants will have eye exams, vision tests, and special light sensitivity measurements over several visits.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Up to 250 participants with retinal disease will be enrolled and up to 120 healthy volunteers will be enrolled.
- Ages
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5 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Participant must be five years of age or older. * Participant (or legal guardian) must understand and sign the protocol s informed consent document. * Participant must be able to cooperate with the testing required for this study. For Participants with retinal disease only: * Participant must have retinal disease, defined as evidence of loss of retinal dysfunction and/or degeneration as established by standard clinical methods including perimetry, ERG and imaging. * Participant must have a measurable visual acuity. For Healthy Volunteers only: -Participant must have visual acuity of 20/20 or better, with or without correction (e.g., glasses or contact lens) in at least one eye. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: -Participant with changes in pre-retinal media sufficient to obscure a view of the retina.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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