Status:
COMPLETED
VA Low Vision Intervention Trial
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Vision, Low
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new outpatient low vision rehabilitation program that is targeted to serve legally blind veterans with central vision l...
Detailed Description
Abstract: Research Question: Estimates are that there will be 854,000 severely visually impaired veterans in the year 2005 and 890,000 in the year 2010. Statistics, based upon the 2000 census, sugges...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary eye diagnosis (in better seeing eye) of either macular degeneration, macular dystrophy, macular hole or inflammatory disease of the macula
- Habitual visual acuity (in better seeing eye) better than 20/500 but less than 20/100
Exclusion
- does not have a phone
- does not speak English
- has previously received low vision services as part of an inpatient blind rehabilitation program
- has participated in a low vision program that provided low vision devices to meet reading needs with low vision therapy administered by an occupational therapist or vision rehabilitation professional since most recent significant decrease in vision
- has English literacy less than 5th grade level
- has habitual visual acuity in better seeing eye of equal to or better than 20/100, less than or equal to 20/500
- fails Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) screening (score of 30 or lower)
- has history of stroke with aphasia
- has other health condition that would preclude follow-up (e.g. significant malignancy or life-threatening disease)
- is unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits required for the study
- has severe hearing impairment that interferes with participation in telephone questionnaires
- reports significant loss of vision since last eye exam
- has vitreous hemorrhage, serous or hemorrhagic detachment of the macula, clinically significant macular edema or cystoid macular edema that is likely to result in further loss or improvement in vision after treatment in better seeing eye
- plans cataract extraction in the next 6 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
61 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00223756
Start Date
November 1 2004
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
January 8 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141-5000