Clinical trials: Visual Impairments
Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia
Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
Age-related vision impairment and dementia both become more prevalent with increasing age. Research into the mechanisms of these conditions has proposed that some of their causes (e.g., macular degeneration/glaucoma and…
- Conditions
- Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia, Low Vision, Low Vision Aids
- Trial name
- WOTB (NCT04276610)
- Testing
- Low Vision Reading Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Age Related Macular Degeneration
Use of Self-management Group to Improve Quality of Life in Patients With Low Vision
120 Patients with visual acuity <6/12 will be randomized to receive either usual care or participate in a 6-week, 2 hour 'Living with Vision Loss' program led by trained leaders.
- Trial name
- NCT03046485
- Testing
- Self management program 'Living with Vision Loss'
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Visual Impairment
Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating an Incentive-based Community Eye-care Programme
Elderly with visual impairment (VI) who undergo community eye screening often do not attend tertiary follow-up even if significant eye diseases are detected.
- Trial name
- NCT03264885
- Testing
- Incentive Care
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore National Eye Centre
Vision; Disorder, Loss, Caregiver Burnout
Virtual Health Education vs Meditation in Irreversible Age-Related Vision Loss Patients and Their Caregivers
Vision loss is common among older adults and leads to an increased risk for depression and difficulties in daily tasks, thus requiring dependence on caregivers.
- Conditions
- Vision; Disorder, Loss, Caregiver Burnout, Quality of Life, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04583748
- Testing
- Sahaj Samadhi Meditation, Health Enhancement Program
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Blindness
Emergency Egress and Information System for Persons With Vision Loss
The purpose of the research project is to develop and evaluate an emergency egress system for persons with visual impairment, which would use existing lighted exit signage to provide egress information at a distance of up to 100…
- Trial name
- NCT00262509
- Testing
- Egress Badge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Glaucoma, Retinal Pathology
Ability of Patients With Low Vision to Properly Instill Eye Drops
The investigators are interested in seeing how people with low vision (decreased visual acuity or restricted visual fields) instill eye drops into their own eyes.
- Trial name
- NCT00760240
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mid-Atlantic Glaucoma Experts
Endothelial Dysfunction, Sublingual Capillary Glycocalyx and Density
Prematurity as Predictor of Children's Cardiovascular-renal Health
Extreme preterm birth interferes with the development of the cardiovascular system. Both macro- as well as microvasculature undergoes extensive, organ specific maturation.
- Conditions
- Endothelial Dysfunction, Sublingual Capillary Glycocalyx and Density, Visual Disturbances and Blindness, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
- Trial name
- PREMATCH (NCT02147457)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Language Impairment, Autism
Pilot Evaluation of the Developed Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention for Children With Language Impairment
This study will pilot a newly developed Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention (SSVCI) designed to help Urdu-speaking children with language impairment improve their ability to understand and produce phrases and…
- Conditions
- Language Impairment, Autism, Hearing Impaired Children, Down Syndrome
- Trial name
- SSVC-PILOT (NCT07786545)
- Testing
- Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention (SSVCI)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Vision Loss Partial, Hemianopia
Effect of Visual Retraining on Visual Loss Following Visual Cortical Damage
This project is intended to collect data using standard clinical tests and psychophysics to quantify the effect of visual cortical damage on the structure of the residual visual system, visual perception, spatial awareness, and…
- Conditions
- Vision Loss Partial, Hemianopia, Hemianopia Homonymous, Quadrantanopia
- Trial name
- NCT05098236
- Testing
- Training in the Blind Field, Training in the Sighted Field
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration, Vision Impairment and Blindness
Vision Improvement for Legally Blind Dry AMD Patients
This retrospective observational study is intended to assess the feasibility of using a nonsignificant risk device for vision improvement for legally blind dry AMD patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04875234
- Testing
- Clear-K Low Vision Aid Treatment
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Optimal Acuity Corporation
Emotional Problem, Behavior Problem
Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Students With Visual Impairment
Current study will be conducted on the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Emotional and Behavioural Problems of Students with Visual Impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT06228950
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fatima Jinnah Women University
Central Visual Impairment
Training Oculo-motor Control to Improve Vision When Using a Preferred Retinal Locus
When high-detail vision is lost due to a retinal disease such as macular degeneration, people see poorly, and have difficulty with eye movements (oculo-motor control).
- Trial name
- NCT05637385
- Testing
- Training of perception and oculo-motor control
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Russell L. Woods
Visual Impairment, Refractive Error
Frequency of Visual Impairment Among School Children and Effectiveness of mHealth Referral Reminder on Uptake of Referral Services
This study tested whether mobile health (mHealth) tools can affect referral uptake among schoolchildren with vision problems.Visual impairment in children often goes untreated in low- and middle-income countries, even when…
- Trial name
- NCT06616051
- Testing
- Multicomponent SMS reminder
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Syed Fawad Mashhadi
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Age-Related
Sight and Hearing Investigation Into Effects on Delirium
The goal of this observational study is to learn about sensory loss in hospital patients with delirium. The main questions it aims to answer are: Are hearing and vision loss related to increased risk of having delirium? Do…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Hearing Disability, Delirium
- Trial name
- SHIELD (NCT06176625)
- Testing
- Communication Signage, Amplifier Use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,543 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hypoxia, Altitude
Colour Vision Impairment During Acute Hypobaric Hypoxia
This study analyses the impairment of colour vision during hypobaric hypoxia in volunteers of different groups.
- Trial name
- NCT05584813
- Testing
- Hypobaric Hypoxia
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Köln
Visual Impairment
Post-market Evaluation of OdySight App to Monitor Near Visual Acuity at Home (TIL002)
OdySight is a mobile application allowing self-testing of visual parameters including near visual acuity and communication of the data to an online dashboard to patient's doctors.
- Trial name
- TIL002 (NCT05510479)
- Testing
- Software as medical device
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tilak Healthcare
Visual Impairment, Healthy
Touching the World With a Cane: Cognitive and Neural Processes
The use of tools is ubiquitous in our lives and allows us to expand the sensorimotor capacities of our body. Much research has been done on the subject in sighted people over the past decades.
- Trial name
- TOOL_TOUCH (NCT05199896)
- Testing
- Behavioral protocol, EEG protocol, fMRI protocol
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Glaucoma, Suspect, Diabetic Retinopathy
Eye Health Intervention Study in Upper Manhattan
Individuals living in Upper Manhattan have limited access to eye care, high vision impairment rates, and poor ocular health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Glaucoma, Suspect, Diabetic Retinopathy, Cataract, Refractive Errors
- Trial name
- EYES-UM (NCT06112431)
- Testing
- Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Eye Disease
Characterization of Potential Biomarkers of Eye Disease and Vision
Characterize potential biomarkers of sight-threatening eye diseases based on the information acquired in clinical practice at CEC, AIBILI
- Trial name
- EYE-MARKER (NCT02500862)
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image
Persons With Visual Disabilities, Breast Neoplasms
Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness Training in Visually Impaired Women
This quasi-experimental study aims to determine whether a breast and cervical cancer awareness training program can increase participation in cancer screening among women with visual impairments.
- Conditions
- Persons With Visual Disabilities, Breast Neoplasms, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Awareness
- Trial name
- GORSEM (NCT07541859)
- Testing
- Cancer Screening Awareness Education for Visually Impaired Women
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University