Dichoptic Virtual Reality Therapy for Amblyopia in Adults

Stopped early · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Amblyopia, Anisometropia, Strabismus

In brief

This was a randomized, masked, controlled study of the effect of a virtual reality, binocular, 3-dimensional video game on visual acuity and stereopsis in adult patients with amblyopia. The trial has been halted as of June 2016 and will not be evaluating any new subjects for enrollment.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02246556
Run by: University of California, San Francisco
People needed: 17
Starts: 2014-10-01
Expected to finish: 2016-04-01
Last updated by the study team: 2017-05-03

Who can join

Age: 15 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Interpupillary distance of 60-66 mm
Age 15-40
Anisometropic amblyopia or strabismic amblyopia
Best corrected visual acuity of 20/30 or worse in the amblyopic eye
No prior therapeutic use of the software
No other ongoing therapies including patching or recent eye muscle surgery
No vested interest in the product
Ability attend visits and complete the training session, and to stop the intervention after the specified intervention period

You may not qualify if…

Stimulus-deprivation amblyopia.
Organic lesions of the eye preventing the establishment of good vision (eg. media opacities, abnormalities in the fundus or optic nerve).
Lesions of the brain preventing the establishment of good vision (eg. cortical visual impairment).
Establishment of normal vision by refractive adaptation (wearing glasses after presentation).
Patients diagnosed with Photosensitive Epilepsy.
Inability to comply with the follow-up visits required.
History of pathologic nystagmus (congenital or sensory).

Where it is running

University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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