Could a simple eye drop stop blindness after retinal detachment?
NCT ID NCT06033703
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether netarsudil eye drops can prevent proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), a scarring condition that can cause retinal detachment surgery to fail. Researchers will check how much of the drug reaches the back of the eye and whether it is safe. The trial enrolls 48 adults undergoing retinal detachment repair.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Netarsudil eye drops (Rhopressa)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple eye drop treatment to prevent vision-threatening scar tissue after retinal detachment surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 1/2 trial with only 48 participants, so it is too small to prove effectiveness. The drug must reach the back of the eye, which is not guaranteed, and safety is still being assessed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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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.
The primary rhegmatogenous detachment cohort will have the following selection criteria: Inclusion criteria: * Patients \> 18 years old * Patients presenting for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair within 28 days of symptom onset * Patients undergoing vitrectomy or vitrectomy with scleral buckle Exclusion criteria: * Patient unable to give consent * Patient unable to follow-up * Prior history of retinal detachment incisional surgery in presenting eye * Prior history of open globe injury to presenting eye * Prior history of glaucoma surgery to presenting eye I.e., Status post trabeculectomy, Ahmed tube placement, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, actively on glaucoma medication * Prior history of corneal disease, or history of corneal edema * Patient already on topical netarsudil in presenting eye * Patient without natural lens or intraocular lens implant (I.e., aphakic patients) * Patients with intraocular pressure \<8mm Hg in operative eye * Active or chronic or recurrent uncontrolled ocular or systemic disease * Active or history of chronic or recurrent inflammatory eye disease * Diagnosis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy * Signs of ocular infection at presentation in either eye * Known or suspected sensitivity or allergy to any of the medications used in the operation or postoperatively * Inability to use/ apply topical eye drops The proliferative vitreoretinopathy cohort will have the following selection criteria: Inclusion criteria: * Patients \> 18 years old * Patient presenting with retinal detachment due with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (grade C or higher) or retinal detachment associated with open globe trauma * Patients undergoing vitrectomy or vitrectomy with scleral buckle Exclusion criteria: * Patient unable to give consent * Patient unable to follow-up * Prior history of glaucoma surgery to presenting eye I.e., Status post trabeculectomy, Ahmed tube placement, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery * Patient already on topical netarsudil in presenting eye * Patients with intraocular pressure \<8mm Hg in operative eye * Active or chronic or recurrent uncontrolled ocular or systemic disease * Active or history of chronic or recurrent inflammatory eye disease * Diagnosis of severe nonproliferative or proliferative diabetic retinopathy or vasoproliferative disease in operative eye * Signs of ocular infection at presentation in either eye * Known or suspected sensitivity or allergy to any of the medications used in the operation or postoperatively * Inability to use/ apply topical eye drops * No Light Perception vision in operative eye * Failure to achieve intraoperative reattachment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mass Eye and Ear
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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