Efficacy of Intermittent Occlusion Therapy Glasses for Amblyopia
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Brief summary
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This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel amblyopia treatment - Intermittent occlusion therapy (IO-therapy) glasses (AmblyzTM) in treating severe amblyopia. Children ages 3 to 8 years with severe amblyopia (visual acuity of 20/100 to 20/400 in the amblyopic eye) will be enrolled and randomized into two groups: 1) standard 6-hour patching group or 2) 12-hour IO-therapy glasses group. The study also observe the effectiveness of IO-therapy glasses on two types of difficult amblyopia: deprivation amblyopia associated with congenital or developmental cataract, and myopic anisometropic amblyopia.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02687581
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 18 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Years to 8 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 18, 2016
- Primary completion
- May 29, 2021
- Completion
- May 29, 2021
- Last update posted
- Nov 21, 2022
2016 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salus University | Elkins Park | Pennsylvania | — | — |
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- Last update posted Nov 21, 2022 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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