AmblyopiaABCDCSNCT06165705
Treating Amblyopia With CureSight
A study testing CureSight in people with Amblyopia, run by Alaska Blind Child Discovery at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Patients with visual acuity and ocular characteristics outside the Novasight FDA multi-center study are to perform the same Curesight procedures- including M\&S EVA or eETDRS patched acuity, stereo and then utilize the Curesight device 1.5 hours per day, 6 days per week over 3-6 months to determine treatment efficacy. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 2 to 20 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Amblyopia
- What is being tested?
- CureSight
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 20 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2023to 31 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 2 to 20 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- amblyopia
Who cannot join
- lack of brain and eye capacity for improved vision lack of home WiFi
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Alaska Blind Child Discovery
Anchorage, Alaska, 99508
Robert W Arnold, MD, 907-561-1917, eyedoc@alaska.net
Jennifer Plachinski, 9075611917, jplachinski@alaskachildrenseye.com
About this study
Patients with visual acuity and ocular characteristics outside the Novasight FDA multi-center study are to perform the same Curesight procedures- including M\&S EVA or eETDRS patched acuity, stereo and then utilize the Curesight device 1.5 hours per day, 6 days per week over 3-6 months to determine treatment efficacy.
An Eye-Tracking-Based Dichoptic Home Treatment for Amblyopia: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial T. Wygnanski-Jaffe, B. J. Kushner, A. Moshkovitz, M. Belkin, O. Yehezkel and G. CureSight Pivotal Trial Ophthalmology 2023 Vol. 130 Issue 3 Pages 274-285
Read the detailed description
Patients with visual acuity worse than 20/30 due to amblyopia will be offered therapy with Curesight. The Curesight-component of amblyopia therapy will be offered no-charge for up to 4 months. The Curesight device must then be returned to Alaska Blind Child Discovery.
The Curesight device will be administered in a similar, safe manner as the previous multi-centered trial that was performed in Israel and the US.
Patient Selection Inclusion criteria: patients aged 3 to less than 19 years. Amblyopia may be due to refractive error, strabismus and/or deprivation.
Exclusion criteria: Inability to participate with any form of monocular visual acuity testing and stereopsis testing. Light-induced seizures. Lack of any internet at home. Pregnancy.
Recruitment: Patients will be recruited from within Alaska Children's EYE \& Strabismus clinical practice. Patients will not be paid for recruitment. Patients will have opportunity to review the publication regarding the study1.
Protocol (from Curesight Pivotal Trial NS-00706-R01) Binocular CureSight Treatment CureSight™ is an eye-tracking-based, dichoptic system aimed for the treatment of amblyopia under dichoptic conditions. The technology is based on real-time eye tracking and separation of the visual stimuli presented on a monitor into two separate digital channels, one for each eye. Using this dichoptic method, any online content can be tailored individually per eye and then presented simultaneously to each eye. During the treatment, dichoptic anaglyph glasses that are part of the CureSight™ system have to be worn over the habitual spectacle correction. In short, the technology has 2 main components: 1. Eye-tracker and anaglyph glasses that allow continuous gaze position tracking for each eye and image presentation in the optimum position to each eye, including cases of eye deviation and 2. Software that blurs the non-amblyopic eye's central image area (i.e., the fovea), thereby forcing the visual system to use the information from the amblyopic eye's fovea. The expected treatment outcome is significant improvement in the amblyopic eye's visual acuity and in stereo vision (stereopsis).
Subjects assigned to the binocular treatment group will be prescribed the CureSight treatment to watch for ≥90 minutes per day, 5 days a week for 16 weeks for the total of <120 hours. Parents of subjects will be instructed that the 90 minutes of daily treatment should be completed in a single 90- minute session, but if this is not possible for whatever reason, the treatment may be divided into two shorter sessions totaling 90 minutes per day Subjects in the treatment group will be asked to watch digital content presented on CureSight system while wearing red/blue (anaglyph) glasses over current spectacle correction, if applicable. The subject should be instructed to sit in front of the system at the distance of ~60 cm. Positioning algorithm will automatically guide the subject to the optimal position.
Each subject will be supplied a pair of anaglyph glasses according to his/her amblyopic eye, red filter should be positioned in front of the non-amblyopic eye and the blue in front of the amblyopic eye.
In addition to the blur effect, the amblyopic eye image seen by the blue filter will have a higher intensity compared to the dominant eye red image due to the nature of the channel separation. The diameter and magnitude of the blur are adjusted during the treatment according to the VA improvement of the amblyopic eye.
In addition to the blur effect, the amblyopic eye image seen by the blue filter will have a higher intensity compared to the dominant eye red image due to the nature of the channel separation. The diameter and magnitude of the blur are adjusted during the treatment according to the VA improvement of the amblyopic eye.
Adverse Event Monitoring All adverse events which occur during the study will be reported, regardless of whether or not they are considered to be related to treatment. The following anticipated adverse events will be specifically monitored in both the therapeutic
- Risks relating to amblyopia treatment
- Diplopia
- New/worsening heterotropia of greater than 10 prism diopters
- Worsening of BCVA in either eye of 2 logMAR lines or greater from baseline
- Risks relating to technological usage
- Headaches
- Eye strain
- Skin irritation
Device deficiency Inadequacy of a medical device with respect to its identity, quality, durability, reliability, safety or performance. Including: device malfunctions, use errors, inadequate labelling of the device.
Potential device deficiencies may include:
- wrong blur position due to of eye tracker or calibration failure
- software failure
- Hardware failure; anaglyph glasses, eye tracker, computer.
- Use error such as wrong lens position, dirty lens. Risks/ Benefit discussion Standard of care treatment for amblyopia comes with the accepted risks of developing a new/worsening heterotropia or diplopia. However, the risk of developing new/worsening heterotropias or developing diplopia from the CureSight therapeutic is expected to be no greater than it would be with standard of care. In a 2016 study comparing binocular treatment to patching, the rate of new heterotropias was 8.8% in the binocular group and 5.9% in the patching group, a statistically and clinically insignificant difference. The same study showed that diplopia was rare after both treatments The procedures to be conducted in the study during visits are part of daily eye-care practice and pose no known risks. As part of a routine eye-care exam, the participant may receive cycloplegic eye drops.
The participants in both groups will be unable to perform any amblyopia treatment other than the intervention they are prescribed for the duration the study.
The diagnosis and management of reverse amblyopia is left to the investigator's judgment. Given the relatively short study duration of 16 weeks, it is believed that the risk of delaying standard of care treatment is minimal and justified.
acuity in any previous study of 2 hours of daily patching. This current proposed study is not a randomized clinical trial.
- Conditions
- Amblyopia
- Being tested
- CureSight
- Keywords
- refractive amblyopia, strabismic amblyopia, anisometropia
- Medical subject headings
- Amblyopia, Anisometropia
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
CureSightDevice
Also called dichoptic therapy with anaglyph goggles and eye tracking
dichoptic therapy with anaglyph goggles and eye tracking
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Amblyopia therapy with Curesight outside FDA limited ranges | Experimental | Severity of amblyopia and age range outside FDA study Receives: Device: CureSight |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Visual acuity
Amblyopic eye best corrected visual acuity
Measured: 2-6 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
stereopsis
depth perception- Titmus and PDI Check
Measured: 2-6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Dec 2023
- Study start1 Mar 2023
- Primary completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AmblyopiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- treatment efficacy
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Alaska Blind Child Discovery
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Robert W Arnold, MD, Principal investigator, Alaska Blind Child Discovery
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06165705
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ABCD CureSight
- Acronym
- ABCDCS
- Status last verified
- Jan 2024
- First submitted
- 4 Dec 2023
- Last updated
- 26 Aug 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Kushner BJ, Moshkovitz A, Belkin M, Yehezkel O; CureSight Pivotal Trial Group. An Eye-Tracking-Based Dichoptic Home Treatment for Amblyopia: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Ophthalmology. 2023 Mar;130(3):274-285. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.10.020. Epub 2022 Oct 26.
PubMed 36306974Arnold RW. Dichoptic Rescue for Spectacle-Flip Sabotage of Anisometropic Amblyopia Therapy. Clin Optom (Auckl). 2024 Mar 5;16:83-87. doi: 10.2147/OPTO.S454342. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 38476961
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Aug 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Treating Amblyopia With CureSight
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06165705
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ABCDCS / ABCD CureSight
- Conditions
- Amblyopia
- Keywords
- refractive amblyopia, strabismic amblyopia, anisometropia
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Alaska Blind Child DiscoveryUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 11 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Patients with visual acuity and ocular characteristics outside the Novasight FDA multi-center study are to perform the same Curesight procedures- including M\&S EVA or eETDRS patched acuity, stereo and then utilize the Curesight device 1.5 hours per day, 6 days per week over 3-6 months to determine treatment efficacy.
An Eye-Tracking-Based Dichoptic Home Treatment for Amblyopia: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial T. Wygnanski-Jaffe, B. J. Kushner, A. Moshkovitz, M. Belkin, O. Yehezkel and G. CureSight Pivotal Trial Ophthalmology 2023 Vol. 130 Issue 3 Pages 274-285
Detailed description
Patients with visual acuity worse than 20/30 due to amblyopia will be offered therapy with Curesight. The Curesight-component of amblyopia therapy will be offered no-charge for up to 4 months. The Curesight device must then be returned to Alaska Blind Child Discovery.
The Curesight device will be administered in a similar, safe manner as the previous multi-centered trial that was performed in Israel and the US.
Patient Selection Inclusion criteria: patients aged 3 to less than 19 years. Amblyopia may be due to refractive error, strabismus and/or deprivation.
Exclusion criteria: Inability to participate with any form of monocular visual acuity testing and stereopsis testing. Light-induced seizures. Lack of any internet at home. Pregnancy.
Recruitment: Patients will be recruited from within Alaska Children's EYE \& Strabismus clinical practice. Patients will not be paid for recruitment. Patients will have opportunity to review the publication regarding the study1.
Protocol (from Curesight Pivotal Trial NS-00706-R01) Binocular CureSight Treatment CureSight™ is an eye-tracking-based, dichoptic system aimed for the treatment of amblyopia under dichoptic conditions. The technology is based on real-time eye tracking and separation of the visual stimuli presented on a monitor into two separate digital channels, one for each eye. Using this dichoptic method, any online content can be tailored individually per eye and then presented simultaneously to each eye. During the treatment, dichoptic anaglyph glasses that are part of the CureSight™ system have to be worn over the habitual spectacle correction. In short, the technology has 2 main components: 1. Eye-tracker and anaglyph glasses that allow continuous gaze position tracking for each eye and image presentation in the optimum position to each eye, including cases of eye deviation and 2. Software that blurs the non-amblyopic eye's central image area (i.e., the fovea), thereby forcing the visual system to use the information from the amblyopic eye's fovea. The expected treatment outcome is significant improvement in the amblyopic eye's visual acuity and in stereo vision (stereopsis).
Subjects assigned to the binocular treatment group will be prescribed the CureSight treatment to watch for ≥90 minutes per day, 5 days a week for 16 weeks for the total of <120 hours. Parents of subjects will be instructed that the 90 minutes of daily treatment should be completed in a single 90- minute session, but if this is not possible for whatever reason, the treatment may be divided into two shorter sessions totaling 90 minutes per day Subjects in the treatment group will be asked to watch digital content presented on CureSight system while wearing red/blue (anaglyph) glasses over current spectacle correction, if applicable. The subject should be instructed to sit in front of the system at the distance of ~60 cm. Positioning algorithm will automatically guide the subject to the optimal position.
Each subject will be supplied a pair of anaglyph glasses according to his/her amblyopic eye, red filter should be positioned in front of the non-amblyopic eye and the blue in front of the amblyopic eye.
In addition to the blur effect, the amblyopic eye image seen by the blue filter will have a higher intensity compared to the dominant eye red image due to the nature of the channel separation. The diameter and magnitude of the blur are adjusted during the treatment according to the VA improvement of the amblyopic eye.
In addition to the blur effect, the amblyopic eye image seen by the blue filter will have a higher intensity compared to the dominant eye red image due to the nature of the channel separation. The diameter and magnitude of the blur are adjusted during the treatment according to the VA improvement of the amblyopic eye.
Adverse Event Monitoring All adverse events which occur during the study will be reported, regardless of whether or not they are considered to be related to treatment. The following anticipated adverse events will be specifically monitored in both the therapeutic
- Risks relating to amblyopia treatment
- Diplopia
- New/worsening heterotropia of greater than 10 prism diopters
- Worsening of BCVA in either eye of 2 logMAR lines or greater from baseline
- Risks relating to technological usage
- Headaches
- Eye strain
- Skin irritation
Device deficiency Inadequacy of a medical device with respect to its identity, quality, durability, reliability, safety or performance. Including: device malfunctions, use errors, inadequate labelling of the device.
Potential device deficiencies may include:
- wrong blur position due to of eye tracker or calibration failure
- software failure
- Hardware failure; anaglyph glasses, eye tracker, computer.
- Use error such as wrong lens position, dirty lens. Risks/ Benefit discussion Standard of care treatment for amblyopia comes with the accepted risks of developing a new/worsening heterotropia or diplopia. However, the risk of developing new/worsening heterotropias or developing diplopia from the CureSight therapeutic is expected to be no greater than it would be with standard of care. In a 2016 study comparing binocular treatment to patching, the rate of new heterotropias was 8.8% in the binocular group and 5.9% in the patching group, a statistically and clinically insignificant difference. The same study showed that diplopia was rare after both treatments The procedures to be conducted in the study during visits are part of daily eye-care practice and pose no known risks. As part of a routine eye-care exam, the participant may receive cycloplegic eye drops.
The participants in both groups will be unable to perform any amblyopia treatment other than the intervention they are prescribed for the duration the study.
The diagnosis and management of reverse amblyopia is left to the investigator's judgment. Given the relatively short study duration of 16 weeks, it is believed that the risk of delaying standard of care treatment is minimal and justified.
acuity in any previous study of 2 hours of daily patching. This current proposed study is not a randomized clinical trial.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- treatment efficacy
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Amblyopia therapy with Curesight outside FDA limited ranges | Experimental | Device: CureSightSeverity of amblyopia and age range outside FDA study |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 2 to 20 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- amblyopia
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- lack of brain and eye capacity for improved vision lack of home WiFi
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| CureSightAlso: dichoptic therapy with anaglyph goggles and eye trackingdichoptic therapy with anaglyph goggles and eye tracking | Device | Amblyopia therapy with Curesight outside FDA limited ranges |
Primary outcome
Visual acuity
Time frame: 2-6 months
Amblyopic eye best corrected visual acuity
1 secondary outcome
stereopsis
Time frame: 2-6 months
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Aug 2024.
- Results publication: PubMed 36306974Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Kushner BJ, Moshkovitz A, Belkin M, Yehezkel O; CureSight Pivotal Trial Group. An Eye-Tracking-Based Dichoptic Home Treatment for Amblyopia: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Ophthalmology. 2023 Mar;130(3):274-285. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.10.020. Epub 2022 Oct 26.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38476961Arnold RW. Dichoptic Rescue for Spectacle-Flip Sabotage of Anisometropic Amblyopia Therapy. Clin Optom (Auckl). 2024 Mar 5;16:83-87. doi: 10.2147/OPTO.S454342. eCollection 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Robert W Arnold, MD principal investigator
Alaska Blind Child Discovery
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing CureSight in people with Amblyopia, run by Alaska Blind Child Discovery at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Aug 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Robert W Arnold, MD (9075611917, eyedoc@alaska.net), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Visual acuity (time frame: 2-6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06165705, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Aug 2024.