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Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Scotopic Dysfunction, and Driving Performance in a Simulator

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03166202

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Brief summary

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Previous work collectively suggests that rod-mediated dark adaptation (RMDA) is a promising candidate as a functional endpoint measure for evaluating interventions to slow early progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, there is no agreement among the clinical, research and regulatory communities as to what constitutes a clinically (practically) significant slowing in RMDA. Treatments for AMD are often not considered efficacious if they do not result in a criterion level of improvement in vision. But how much change in the rate of dark adaptation constitutes a clinically significant change? Until this issue is resolved, progress in developing clinical trials on early AMD are at a standstill since there is no functional endpoint to be used in the trial. One approach to establishing clinical significance is to examine how RMDA relates to the performance of an everyday visual task under low luminance conditions, such as night driving or reading. However, such data are not yet available. The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between RMDA and night-time driving and reading under poor illumination. This information will guide the development of a definition of a clinically significant difference in RMDA that can be used in designing clinical trials on early AMD.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03166202
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
40 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
60 Years to 95 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 4, 2019
Completion
Mar 4, 2019
Last update posted
Jun 5, 2019

2018 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Callahan Eye Hospital, UAB Dept of Ophthalmolog & Visual Sciences Birmingham Alabama 35294-0009

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