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Low Vision Intervention Trial II (LOVIT II)

NCT00958360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 323

Last updated 2016-08-25

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Summary

This study will determine if the interdisciplinary team low vision rehabilitation program is more effective than basic low vision care provided by an optometrist working alone in improving visual reading ability in veterans with macular diseases and best corrected visual acuity of 20/50 to 20/200.

Conditions

  • Central Vision Loss From Macular Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Interdisciplinary Low Vision Service

Services are provided by optometrist(s) and low vision therapist(s), and include low vision therapy to improve use of remaining vision and low vision devices, and structured homework to practice use of low vision devices that are prescribed and dispensed.

OTHER

Basic Low Vision Service

Service is provided by the optometrist alone and includes demonstration of low vision device use and maintenance of prescribed low vision devices, without low vision therapy or homework and with less contact time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Joan Stelmack, OD MPH · Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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