Disinvestment Study of Population-Based Vision Screening in Children

NCT01675193 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10803

Last updated 2017-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal screening intervals and cost-effectiveness of population-based vision screening in preverbal children in the Netherlands.

Conditions

  • Amblyopia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Disinvestment protocol

Omission of population-based child vision screening visits at 6-9 and 14-24 months: Children in the intervention group will not be eye screened at age 6-24 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Public Health Service of Amsterdam

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Icare Youth Health Care

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Erasmus Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Huibert J Simonsz, MD, PhD · ErasmusMC, Department of Ophthalmology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
14 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2017-05-01
Completion
2017-05-01

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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