Clinical trials: Blindness and Low Vision
Cerebral Visual Impairment
joyVision: The Superiority of Co-design in the Development of a Serious Game for Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the superiority of the through codesign redesigned game joyVision over the iVision game for children with a cognitive age between 3 and 12 with CVI.
- Trial name
- NCT07893379
- Testing
- serious game
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Vision, Low, Blindness
Testing Tactile Aids With Blind Subjects
The objective of this project is to create richer tactile aids by using materials chemistry to create tactile sensations in tactile aids, as an alternative to traditional physical bumps, lines, or textures.
- Trial name
- NCT06237829
- Testing
- Single bump acuity, Optimal spacing between bumps, Improving signal from a single bump with designer materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Vision and Hearing Loss, Vision Impairment
SENSE-Brain Health Pro for Older Adults With Sensory Loss
The goal of this study is to learn about the outcomes, usability, and accessibility of the online Brain Health Pro program for older adults with hearing difficulties, vision difficulties, or both.
- Conditions
- Vision and Hearing Loss, Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Vision Difficulty
- Trial name
- SENSE-BHPro (NCT07856888)
- Testing
- Brain Health Pro
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Visual Impairment, Cerebral Visual Impairment
Body Image, Identity Development, and Social Media Use Among Youth With Visual Impairment: A Single Case Intervention Study
1. Introduction This 3-week single case intervention study is funded by the Horizon Europe Research Program and is part of the VIPPSTAR project (Project 101156763 - VIPPSTAR "Visually Impaired children and adolescents: bridging…
- Conditions
- Visual Impairment, Cerebral Visual Impairment, Visual Impairments
- Trial name
- VIPPSTAR_G3KUL (NCT07741500)
- Testing
- Body image intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Eye Diseases, Severe Loss of Vision
Holistic Mixed Approaches to Capture the Real Life of Children With Rare Eye Diseases
Rare Eye Diseases (RED) are the leading cause of severe visual impairment/ blindness (SVI/B) in children in Europe. This sensory disability with its accompanying psychological distress hugely impacts their lives and their…
- Conditions
- Eye Diseases, Severe Loss of Vision, Blindness, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- SeeMyLife (NCT06070467)
- Testing
- Mixed Methods Research (MMR) using quantitative (QUAN) and qualitative (QUAL) tools
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Vision Loss Partial, Vision; Loss, Both Eyes
Effect of Visual Retraining After Stroke
This project is intended to collect data using standard clinical tests and psychophysics to quantify the effect of visual cortical damage on the structure of the residual visual system, visual perception, spatial awareness, and…
- Conditions
- Vision Loss Partial, Vision; Loss, Both Eyes, Hemianopia Homonymous, Hemianopia
- Trial name
- urochester (NCT06121219)
- Testing
- Training in the Blind Field
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Hemianopia, Hemianopsia
Rehabilitating Visual Deficits Caused by Stroke
This research aims to understand the efficacy of a visual training task to improve visual loss after stroke, also known as hemianopia.
- Conditions
- Hemianopia, Hemianopsia, Quadrantanopia, Stroke Induced Vision Loss
- Trial name
- NCT04878861
- Testing
- Training in the blind field
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Disabilities, Visual Impairment and Blindness (Excl Colour Blindness)
Study Protocol: The Jerte Valley as an Inclusive Outdoor Classroom. Smart and Active Tourism.
To promote the inclusion of people with disabilities, an outdoor intervention will be conducted involving physical activities with adolescents with and without disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07609459
- Testing
- Rafting, canoeing and kayaking, Divulgation
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Extremadura
Cerebral Visual Impairment
A Computerized, Adaptive Therapeutic Gaming Approach Training Visual Perceptual Skills in Children With CVI
This clinical trial aims to compare the effectiveness of our adaptive, therapeutic game to the effectiveness of the same game, without the adaptive component.
- Trial name
- iVision2_WP3 (NCT05014503)
- Testing
- Adaptive Therapeutic gaming, Non-adaptive Therapeutic gaming
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Visual Impairment, Cerebral Visual Impairment
Promoting Psychophysical Well-being in Children and Adolescents With Visual Impairment
Visual impairment (VI) has significant implications not only for visual functioning, but also for the motor development, psychological well-being, and social participation of children and adolescents.
- Conditions
- Visual Impairment, Cerebral Visual Impairment, Visual Impairments
- Trial name
- VIPPSTAR_UNITN (NCT07703150)
- Testing
- Adapted Physical Activity Programme
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Trento
Blindness, Visual Impairment
MySpace: the Role of Vision in Representing Space
My Space aims to identify the ontogenesis of spatial representation through cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in infants, children, and adolescents with typical and atypical development (visual impairments).
- Trial name
- NCT06364605
- Testing
- Rehabilitation with the iReach novel multisensory medical device
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Blindness Congenital
Comparison of Balance and Coordination Parameters of Visually Impaired and Healthy Individuals
The aim of this [observational study] is to examine balance in multiple aspects by comparing balance, coordination, and gait parameters between congenitally blind individuals and healthy individuals with multiple scales.
- Trial name
- NCT06687915
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Macular Degeneration, Central Visual Impairment
Remapping Text in Sentence and Word Tasks to Aid Reading With Central Vision Loss
Reading performance in patients with Central Vision Loss will be measured with and without missing text being remapped to different parts of the visual field in a variety of different reading tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT07216924
- Testing
- Personalised Remapping Training, RSVP personalized remappi, Reading text in the wild with remapping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Blindness and Low Vision
V-NAV Usability Study: End Users Trying the Vortant Indoor Navigation Tool
The study will begin with an explanatory/training session where individuals with low vision will learn to use the V-NAV (Vortant NAVigation tool) indoor navigation app, and will have the opportunity to try it for a few…
- Trial name
- NCT05647694
- Testing
- V-NAV indoor navigation prototype
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Vortant Technologies, LLC
Stroke Induced Vision Loss, Hemianopia
Visual Restoration for Hemianopia
The purpose of this research is to assess the efficacy of a visual training task on reducing the size of a visual field deficit caused by brain damage in adults, and its ability to improve visual functions in this patient…
- Conditions
- Stroke Induced Vision Loss, Hemianopia, Quadrantanopia
- Trial name
- NCT03350919
- Testing
- Training in the blind field, Training in the intact field
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Blindness, Visual Impairment
iReach: a Rehabilitative Medical Device
The broad goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate whether a one-month rehabilitative training with our medical device, iReach, can promote the recovery of spatial and sensorimotor abilities and the cortical reorganization…
- Trial name
- NCT06334614
- Testing
- iReach
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Blindness
Emergency Egress and Information System for Persons With Vision Loss
The purpose of the research project is to develop and evaluate an emergency egress system for persons with visual impairment, which would use existing lighted exit signage to provide egress information at a distance of up to 100…
- Trial name
- NCT00262509
- Testing
- Egress Badge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Vision, Low, Blindness
Validation of Texture Changing Coatings for Use in At-Home Rapid Tests
At-home testing is an important part of mitigating the spread of COVID-19, but these tests are not accessible to people with low vision or blindness.
- Trial name
- NCT06539728
- Testing
- Interaction with Mock COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and Reference Surfaces, Biomechanical Measurements, Psychophysical Tasks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Blindness
Sensory Substitution and Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss
The goal of this clinical investigation is to learn how the brain responds when visual information is converted into patterns of sound or touch in blind and sighted participants.
- Trial name
- SenSubMRI (NCT07450677)
- Testing
- Electrotactile display (BrainPort), Vision-to-sound converter (AI Sight)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Blindness, Visual Impairment
Physical Activity and Sports for People With Visual Impairments
Purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the visual impairment degree and the level of children's fundamental motor skills, balance and bilateral coordination.
- Trial name
- NCT06318000
- Testing
- Balance test, bilateral coordination test, fundamental motor skills test
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education