Clinical trials (also called clinical studies) help researchers and doctors learn more about inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) and new medications that may help people with a genetic eye disease.
Before any medication, device, or test can be approved and made available to the public, it must go through several phases of clinical trials with volunteer participants.
Clinical trials help confirm if the new medication is safe and effective. These treatments may aim to slow down or stop worsening of vision, or even improve vision.