Multisensory Rehabilitation of Vision Loss After Cortical Damage

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Conditions studied: Cortical Blindness

In brief

Damage to visual cortex on one side of the brain frequently produces a profound and permanent blindness in contralesional space (hemianopia), a debilitating condition that causes enormous suffering for patients and their families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07659691

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

30

Starts

2026-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be recruited from the local subject population hospitalized/seen by Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
• diagnosis of stable homonymous hemianopia (>4 weeks) with absence of hemineglect
• a lesion encompassing at least primary visual cortex but sparing parietal cortex, to include lesions caused by an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke or post-surgical changes due to an oncologic or non-oncologic tumor
• normal or correctable auditory and cognitive function
• willingness to participate in the three-month program
• ability to perform visual discriminations in their intact field
• life expectancy ≥12 months

You may not qualify if…

• diagnosis of an unstable homonymous hemianopia and/or with hemineglect,
• Abnormal or uncorrectable auditory and cognitive function
• unwillingness to participate in the program
• inability to perform the visual testing in their intact field
• life expectancy < 12 months
• Any other condition that would compromise their ability to complete the study.

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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