Keratoconus: who works on it

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24 of 278 institutions, ordered by recent publications and open trials. This is not a ranking of quality.

Funded research projects that name this disease in their title, terms or summary and have not ended yet: who is funded, where, how much and until when. Organisations only; the funder's page has the details.

• NIH NEI · R01

  Decoding Curvature-Dependent Keratoconus Pathology Using an Engineered Human Cornea Chip

  Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah· Salt Lake City, United States· US$620,926 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Aug 2030

• NIH NEI · K99

  Hormonal Dynamics and Extracellular Vesicle Function in Keratoconus: Exploring Pathophysiology and Developing Targeted Therapies

  Schepens Eye Research Institute· Boston, United States· US$132,837 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Jun 2028

• NIH NEI · R01

  High-resolution corneal hydration mapping using Brillouin microscopy

  Massachusetts General Hospital· Boston, United States· US$643,357 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Mar 2030

• NIH NEI · R00

  Prohibiting Cell Death in Human Corneal Stromal Cells: New Insights for Non-surgical Keratoconus

  University of North Texas Hlth Sci Ctr· Fort Worth, United States· US$249,000 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Mar 2029

• NIH NEI · R01

  Corneal stromal keratocyte modeling from human cornea organoids

  New York University School of Medicine· New York, United States· US$546,439 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Mar 2030

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-EIC-ACC

  ALMA - Pioneering Smart Lens to Revolutionize Eye Care

  Azalea Vision· Gand, Belgium· EU contribution €2,498,825· until Oct 2028

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  Biomimetic Cornea fabrication by 3D printing and adult Mesenchymal Stem Cell directed differentiation. (MIMECOR)

  Fundacion Para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universiatrio la Paz· Madrid, Spain· EU contribution €262,393· until Nov 2027

7 of 34 running projects, newest first. Listed amounts together: US$15.0m + €2.8m.

Sources: NIH RePORTER (U.S. National Institutes of Health, public domain) and CORDIS (European Commission, CC BY 4.0). Changes: filtered by disease, organisations matched to ROR.

Terminated, withdrawn and suspended trials with the reason the sponsor gave in the registry, quoted word for word.

• Terminated

  Effects of Topical Insulin on Corneal Epithelium Healing After Corneal Crosslinking in Patients With Keratoconus

  NCT06601101· University of Campinas, Brazil· Updated 5 Nov 2026

  “Enrollment closed before the planned 36 eyes were reached because of the limited number of eligible patients and the long recruitment period (July 2024 to December 2025); 20 eyes of 19 participants were enrolled.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Terminated

  Optic Nerve Head Structural Response to IOP Elevation in Patients With Keratoconus

  NCT03560609· NYU Langone Health· Updated 29 Jan 2025

  “This study was terminated due to the departure of the Principal Investigator from the Sponsoring institution.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Withdrawn

  PXL-Platinum 330 in Eyes With Corneal Thinning Conditions

  NCT05489510· Vishal Jhanji· Updated 5 Oct 2023

  “No participants enrolled”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

Trials whose registry record says individual participant data (IPD) will be shared.

• Effects of Topical Insulin on Corneal Epithelium Healing After Corneal Crosslinking in Patients With Keratoconus

  NCT06601101· University of Campinas, Brazil· Source

• Measuring the Changes of the Intraocular Pressure After Corneal Cross Linking Using Corvis CT

  NCT07599020· Tanta University· Source

• First in Human Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of an Implantable Nitinol Device in the Treatment of Keratoconus

  NCT06451718· Recornea Srl· Source

• fMRI and IVCM Cornea Microscopy of CXL in Keratoconus

  NCT04439552· Boston Children's Hospital· Source

• McNeel Eye Center Corneal Crosslinking Study

  NCT02921009· McNeel Eye Center· Source

• Optic Nerve Head Structural Response to IOP Elevation in Patients With Keratoconus

  NCT03560609· NYU Langone Health· Source

• The Collagen Factors of Rapid Progression of Keratoconus in Children.

  NCT06722937· Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University· Source

• PXL-Platinum 330 in Eyes With Corneal Thinning Conditions

  NCT05489510· Vishal Jhanji· Source

Find publications on this disease by a MeSH method term, for example a sequencing or imaging method.

• Mendelian Randomization Analysis 4
• Gene Expression Profiling 8
• Exome Sequencing 1
• Proteomics 5
• Metabolomics 1
• Mass Spectrometry 1
• Flow Cytometry 2
• Machine Learning 9
• Deep Learning 4
• Cohort Studies 5
• Genome-Wide Association Study 7

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