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Low Vision Study Comparing EV Training vs. CCTV for AMD Rehabilitation

NCT00971464 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2012-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration will be randomized into one of two treatment groups. One group will receive eccentric view (EV) training while the other a closed circuit television (CCTV) training for 6 weeks. Reading speed and accuracy will be assessed pre- and post- treatment to determine if one treatment is superior to the other.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Closed circuit television (CCTV)

A CCTV is an electro-optical device mainly used for reading.

BEHAVIORAL

eccentric viewing (EV) training

Eccentric viewing training for 6 weeks, minimum two 10 minutes per day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Hodge, MD, PhD · University of Western Ontario, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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