Could a single day of head-down rest replace a full week after eye surgery?
NCT ID NCT03714503
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether people who have surgery for a detached retina need to keep their head in a specific position for seven days, or if just one day is enough. About 20 adults with a certain type of retinal detachment will be asked to stay prone for only one day after their operation. The goal is to see if the retina stays attached just as well, which could make recovery much easier for patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pars plana vitrectomy with C3F8 gas tamponade
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could shorten the uncomfortable head-down recovery period from a week to just one day after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early-phase study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. There is a risk that one day of positioning is not enough to keep the retina attached.
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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.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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: * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent * Subjects must be diagnosed with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with inferior breaks * Subjects must be 18 years and older. * Women of child-bearing potential must agree to take rapid urine pregnancy test before surgical procedure and have negative result. Exclusion Criteria: * pediatric population * pregnant women * a previous retinal detachment repair in the study eye * history of scleral buckling in the study eye * trauma as a cause of the retinal detachment * asymptomatic longstanding retinal detachments * non-compliance with post-operative treatment * phakic retinal detachment * exudative retinal detachment * retinoschisis related retinal detachment
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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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University of Kansas Medical Center
RECRUITINGPrairie Village, Kansas, 66208, United States