New eye implant could give glaucoma patients a clearer future
NCT ID NCT07220876
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a tiny device called the VisiPlate shunt to help drain fluid and lower eye pressure in people with open-angle glaucoma that hasn't responded to other treatments. About 165 adults will receive the implant and be followed to see if their eye pressure drops by at least 20%. The goal is to control the disease and prevent further vision loss, not to cure it.
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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 165 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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45 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: * Open angle, pseudoexfoliative or pigmentary glaucoma * IOP at preoperative visit of ≥ 20mmHg and ≤ 40mmHg * Visual field mean deviation score of -3dB or worse * Area of healthy, free and mobile conjunctiva in the target quadrant * Shaffer angle grade ≥ 2 in the target quadrant Exclusion Criteria: * Angle closure glaucoma * Congenital, neovascular or other secondary glaucomas * Previous intraocular surgery, with the exception of uncomplicated cataract surgery * Previous glaucoma shunt/valve in the target quadrant * Clinically significant inflammation or infection in the study eye within 30 days prior to the operative visit * History of corneal surgery, corneal opacities or corneal disease * Retinal or optic nerve disorders, either degenerative or evolutive, that are not associated with the existing glaucoma condition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
11 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Arizona Advanced Eye Research
RECRUITINGGlendale, Arizona, 85306, United States
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Cleveland Clinic- Cole Eye Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Glaucoma Associates of Texas
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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ICON Eye Care
RECRUITINGGrand Junction, Colorado, 81501, United States
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Lynette Venter
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
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Mile High Eye Institute
WITHDRAWNSheridan, Colorado, 80226, United States
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Pretoria Eye Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPretoria, 0007, South Africa
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Sacramento Eye Consultants
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95815, United States
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Scheie Eye Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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The Eye Centers of Racine & Kenosha
RECRUITINGKenosha, Wisconsin, 53142, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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Wills Eye Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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