Macular Degeneration Trial, Recruiting (NCT05809635)

Macular Degeneration Trial, Recruiting NCT05809635 Sponsor: Columbia University Condition: Macular Degeneration

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Who may be able to join

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Who might be able to join this trial:

You must be able to understand and agree to take part in the study by signing a consent form
You must have been diagnosed with a specific inherited eye condition called Best disease (also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy), confirmed by a specialist eye doctor at the university clinic
You must be able to attend 4 follow-up appointments over 3 years

Who may not be able to join:

You may not be able to join if you have a serious health condition in another part of your body that would prevent you from completing the required tests and examinations (confirm with trial site)

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.

This is a simplified plain English summary of the eligibility criteria. Full criteria are set by the trial investigators and may include additional requirements not shown here. Never self-exclude from a trial based on this summary. Contact the trial site directly to confirm your eligibility.

Last synced 26 July 2026

This study is not part of the standard drug-approval phase pathway (for example an observational, device, behavioural, or registry study), so a phase success rate does not apply.

Contact this trial

Principal Investigator: Stephen H Tsang, MD, PhD, Columbia University

Phone: 212-342-1186

Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.

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Date:

To: My Doctor

Re: Clinical trial enquiry

I am writing to enquire about the following clinical trial which may be relevant to my care:

Trial: NCT05809635

Sponsor: Columbia University

Phase: Not Applicable

Status: Recruiting

Condition: Macular Degeneration

Trial contact: 212-342-1186

More information: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05809635

Eligibility summary (AI generated)

Written by an AI model from ClinicalTrials.gov eligibility criteria and checked on a sample basis. Please confirm against the original criteria.

Who might be able to join this trial:

You must be able to understand and agree to take part in the study by signing a consent form
You must have been diagnosed with a specific inherited eye condition called Best disease (also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy), confirmed by a specialist eye doctor at the university clinic
You must be able to attend 4 follow-up appointments over 3 years

Who may not be able to join:

You may not be able to join if you have a serious health condition in another part of your body that would prevent you from completing the required tests and examinations (confirm with trial site)

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Access in Australia: A treatment being studied in a clinical trial is generally not yet listed on the PBS. Where a medicine is not approved or not available through a trial, the TGA Special Access Scheme may allow a doctor to access unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients. See voxsanity.com.au/sas-navigator/ for a plain English explainer.

This information was sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov via Voxsanity (data last synced 26 July 2026). It is not medical advice. Please verify the trial's current status directly with the trial site before acting.

Trial details

Status

Recruiting

Phase

Not Applicable

Sponsor

Columbia University

Registry

ClinicalTrials.gov

Start date

30 March 2021

Est. completion

31 May 2026

Where this trial is recruiting

🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇺🇸 United States

Primary endpoints

Medmont Dark Adapted Chromatic (DAC) Automated Perimeter; Full-field electroretinogram (ERG); Electroocoulogram (EOG); Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Fundus Autofluorescence (FAF); Near-infrared fundus autofluorescence (NIR-AF); Quantitative Fundus Autofluorescence (qAF)

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Expanded access pathways

If this trial is not available to you, other access pathways may exist. In Australia, the TGA Special Access Scheme allows access to unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients.

TGA Special Access Scheme information

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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 26 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.

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