Scientists hunt for new eye disease marker in fluid samples
NCT ID NCT03680794
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study measures levels of a protein called sCD160 in eye fluid and blood samples from 120 adults with diabetic retinopathy or retinal vein occlusion. Researchers want to see if sCD160 levels are linked to the severity of these eye conditions. Participants provide samples during routine eye surgery and undergo imaging tests. No treatment is given.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify sCD160 as a marker for eye disease severity, potentially guiding future treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only measures protein levels and does not test any therapy, so direct patient benefit is unlikely.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2018
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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 : * over 18 years old * with social security affiliation * willing to participate this study non-inclusion criteria : * any prior (3 months) or concomitant treatment with anti-VEGF therapy, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive agents * any history of previous vitreoretinal surgery, ocular tumor, severe ocular trauma, severe intraocular, periocular infection, inflammation, or radiation * any serious allergy to the fluorescein sodium for injection in angiography * any history of previous systemic anti-VEGF treatment * any history of inflammatory or auto-immune disease * any active extraocular inflammation or infection in the last 4 weeks before surgery exclusion criteria : * Patients with C-reactive protein CRP \> 10mg/mL (serum sampling during surgery)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Reims
RECRUITINGReims, 51092, France
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