Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:32 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:32 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01024803
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hereditary retinal degeneration of the outer retinal layers i.e. photoreceptor rods \& cones.
* Pseudophakia
* Angiography shows retinal vessels adequately perfused, despite pathological RP condition.
* Age between 18 and 78 years.
* Blindness (at least monocular) i.e. visual functions not appropriate for localization of objects, self sustained navigation and orientation.
* Ability to read normal print in earlier life, optically corrected without magnifying glass.
* Willing and able to give written informed consent in accordance to EN ISO 14155 (section 6.7) and local legislation prior to participation in the study. Able to perform the study during the full time period of one year for Module-2.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Period of appropriate visual functions approx. 12 years / lifetime.
* Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) shows significant retina edema \&/or scar tissue within target region for implant.
* Retina detected as too thin to expect required rest-functionality of inner retina as shown via Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).
* Lack of inner-retinal function, as determined by Electrically Evoked Phosphenes (EEP).
* Heavy clumped pigmentation at posterior pole
* Any other ophthalmologic disease with relevant effect upon visual function (e.g. glaucoma, optic neuropathies, trauma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment).
* Amblyopia reported earlier in life on eye to be implanted
* Systemic diseases that might imply considerable risks with regard to the surgical interventions and anaesthesia (e.g. cardiovascular/ pulmonary diseases, severe metabolic diseases).
* Neurological and/or psychiatric diseases (e.g. M. Parkinson, epilepsy, depression).
* Hyperthyroidism or hypersensitivity to iodine
* Women who are pregnant or nursing, or women of childbearing potential who are not willing to use a medically acceptable means of birth control for the duration of the study, or women unwilling to perform a pregnancy test before entering the study.
* Participation in another interventional clinical trial within the past 30 days.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
78 Years
Study:
NCT01024803
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01024803