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Diseases / Presbyopia

Presbyopia

Disease

Presbyopia is an age-related loss of near focusing ability due to reduced lens elasticity, causing progressive difficulty with near tasks such as reading.

Trials
330
Recruiting
15
Completed
228
With results
128

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 1 1
Phase 1 32 5
Phase 1/2 11 2
Phase 2 11511 18
Phase 3 12216 30
Phase 4 14116 13
Not applicable 812171529515 209
Unknown 412313110 52

Trials started per year

2021
6
2022
34
2023
22
2024
22
2025
23
2026
9

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Presbyopia 15218301320952 330
Cataract 115322 77
Myopia 2842811 53
Refractive Errors 135259 43
Astigmatism 21214 28
Hyperopia 135154 28
Aphakia 121 13
Pseudophakia 12114 9
Eye Diseases 124 7
Asthenopia 13 4

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Alcon Research360
2Democritus University of Thrace200
3CooperVision, Inc.160
4AcuFocus, Inc.110
5Beaver-Visitec International, Inc.100
6CIBA VISION90
7Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.90
8Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH94
9LENZ Therapeutics, Inc83
10Allergan73

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Cataract Extraction16
2Brimonidine Tartrate12
3Pilocarpine9
4Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor6
5Phacoemulsification6
6aceclidine5
7Control Groups4
8Eyeglasses4
9Carbachol3
10Contact Lenses3

Evidence

Results reported
56.1%128 of 228 completed
Published
7%16 of 228 completed
Primary endpoint met
74.5%41 of 55 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
85
Statistical analysis plan
84
PubMed citations
36

Trial profile

Median enrollment
64
Median duration
11.1months
Countries
43
Study sites
1064

Who is enrolled

Adults
329
Children
17
Older adults
267
Healthy volunteers
131

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
33
Phase 1
11
Phase 1/2
78
Phase 2
74
Phase 3
230
Phase 4
40
Not applicable
56
Unknown
78

Where trials run

United States
130
Greece
20
United Kingdom
16
Spain
14
China
13
Canada
12
Philippines
12
Germany
11
Australia
10
France
10

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1MemphisUnited States36
2Newport BeachUnited States29
3San AntonioUnited States27
4AlexandroupoliGreece20
5HoustonUnited States19
6PittsburgUnited States19
7BloomingtonUnited States18
8RochesterUnited States17
9GlendaleUnited States16
10LouisvilleUnited States16

Terminations

Terminated
16
Withdrawn
8
Stopped for recruitment
0.9%3 of 330 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
16
Business decision
3
Recruitment
3
COVID-19
1
Regulatory
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT06541795 Withdrawn Withdrawn Management decision 2026-12-31
NCT06483113 Terminated Terminated Management decision 2025-02-27
NCT04800016 Withdrawn Withdrawn Management decision. No patients enrolled 2024-07-31
NCT05624320 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of interest 2023-06-30
NCT05393089 Withdrawn Withdrawn Business Decision 2023-04-04
NCT05068479 Terminated Terminated Study terminated early to pursue Gen II laser advancements 2023-03-29
NCT04403763 Terminated Terminated Strategic considerations 2022-12-05
NCT04806503 Terminated Terminated The study was discontinued by the Sponsor because it did not achieve the primary objective. 2022-10-14
NCT04054427 Withdrawn Withdrawn Did not start study due to EC board rejection 2022-05-31
NCT03671135 Terminated Terminated COVID-19 2021-12-31

Trial records