An interventional study of Multifocal contact lenses and Spherical contact lenses in Presbyopia Correction and Presbyopia, sponsored by Ohio State University. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 40 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.
Sponsored by Ohio State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The purpose of the study is to assess participant experience when wearing multifocal contact lenses compared to spherical contact lenses with reading glasses.
336 studies on the registry are indexed under Presbyopia; 35 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 61 across 276 interventional studies indexed under Presbyopia.
Browse Presbyopia studies →Ohio State University is the lead sponsor of 663 studies on the registry; 148 are open to participants now.
Of its 67 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 49 (73%) have results posted.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
multifocal contact lenses
Device: Multifocal contact lenses
spherical contact lenses used with reading glasses
Device: Spherical contact lenses
Multifocal contact lenses
spherical contact lenses
Preference Survey
Percentage of participants who prefer the multifocal lenses compared to spherical lenses with reading glasses.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Plan to share: No — The data will not be shared with other researchers.
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