Clinical trialNCT03011554UnknownInterventional

Telescope Exchange Study

SponsorVisionCare, Inc.Enrollment75Age-related Macular Degeneration

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Summary

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VisionCare's Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT, intraocular telescope or telescope) is indicated for monocular implantation to improve vision in eyes of patients at least 65 years of age with severe to profound vision impairment caused by bilateral central scotomas associated with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Patients with end-stage AMD who have undergone bilateral cataract removal and intraocular lens placement are currently contraindicated for telescope surgery. These patients have no viable therapy available to improve their vision. The objective of the TES pilot study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of implanting the intraocular telescope for improving vision in patients with bilateral end-stage age- related macular degeneration who are pseudophakic.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Derek Kunimoto, MD
Retinal Consultants of AZ
Principal Investigator
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Sumit Garg, MD
University of California, Irvine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

14 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Retinal Consultants of Az
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Derek Kunimoto, MD
Recruiting
Uc Irvine, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Irvine, California, United States
Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD
Recruiting
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California, United States
Michael Rauser, MD
Recruiting
Eye Physicians of Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States
Carlos E Martinez, MDJames W Donovan, MD
Recruiting
Eye Care of San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
John Bokosky, MD
Recruiting
Orange County Retina
Santa Ana, California, United States
Rajiv Rathod, MD
Recruiting
Sarasota Retina Institute
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Marc Levy, MD
Recruiting
University of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Shahzad Mian, MD
Recruiting
Minnesota Eye Consultants
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
David Hardten, MD
Recruiting
Associated Eye Care
Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
Stephen S Lane, MD
Recruiting
St. John'S Clinic - Eye Specialists. Mercy
Springfield, Missouri, United States
Shachar Tauber, MD
Recruiting
Eye Associates of New Mexico Vision Research Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Gregory Ogawa, MD
Recruiting
Eye Specialty Group
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Subba Gollamudi, MD
Recruiting
Cornea Consultants of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Aaleya Korieshi, MD
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 22 Mar 2017
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2019
Completion: 31 Dec 2022
Last update posted: 26 Apr 2018
Registered enrollment: 75
Registry id: NCT03011554

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.