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- Clinical Trial NCT00315198
Trial Comparing Near Versus Distance Activities While Patching for Amblyopia in Children 3 to <7 Years Old (ATS6)
A Randomized Trial Comparing Near Versus Distance Activities While Patching for Amblyopia in Children 3 to <7 Years Old
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The value of "near visual activities" while patching for amblyopia is controversial. Some pediatric eye care providers currently recommend that the child perform near visual tasks while wearing a patch over the sound eye, while other pediatric eye care providers do not prescribe any specific visual tasks to be performed while the patch is worn.
In previous randomized studies of patching doses for amblyopia conducted by the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, near visual activities were incorporated into the prescribed treatment regimes. Although different doses of patching, combined with near visual activities, were successful in improving visual acuity in most children, it is unclear whether concurrent near visual activities enhanced the effect of patching.
This study is designed as an efficacy study, making effort to maximize adherence to treatment group assignments.
The study has been designed as a simple trial that, other than the type of amblyopia therapy being determined through the randomization process, approximates standard clinical practice. The two treatment regimens for the 17 week treatment period are: 1) 2 hours of daily patching combined with near visual activities while patching and 2)2 hours of daily patching combined with distance visual activities while patching.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Indiana
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 47405
- Indiana University School of Optometry
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Minnesota
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
- Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be 3 to less than 7 years old with amblyopia due to strabismus, anisometropia, or both.
- Visual acuity in the amblyopic eye must be between 20/40 and 20/400 inclusive, visual acuity in the sound eye 20/40 or better and inter-eye acuity difference > 3 logMAR lines.
- Spectacles, if needed, must be worn for at least 16 weeks or until visual acuity documented to be stable.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior amblyopia treatment other than spectacles in the past month.
- More than one month of amblyopia treatment in the past 6 months.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Near activities
2 hours of daily patching combined with near visual activities while patching
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2 hours daily patching
Other Names:
near visual activities while patching
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Active Comparator: Distance activities
2 hours of daily patching combined with distance visual activities while patching
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2 hours daily patching
Other Names:
distance visual activities while patching
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Visual acuity
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Visual acuity
Time Frame: 17 weeks
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17 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Don Lyon, O.D., Indiana University School of Optometry
- Study Chair: Jonathan M. Holmes, M.D., Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Repka M, Simons K, Kraker R; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. Laterality of amblyopia. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Aug;150(2):270-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.040. Epub 2010 May 8.
- Wallace DK, Lazar EL, Melia M, Birch EE, Holmes JM, Hopkins KB, Kraker RT, Kulp MT, Pang Y, Repka MX, Tamkins SM, Weise KK; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. Stereoacuity in children with anisometropic amblyopia. J AAPOS. 2011 Oct;15(5):455-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.06.007.
- Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. A randomized trial of near versus distance activities while patching for amblyopia in children aged 3 to less than 7 years. Ophthalmology. 2008 Nov;115(11):2071-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.06.031. Epub 2008 Sep 11.
Helpful Links
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More Information
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Other Study ID Numbers
- NEI-114
- 2U10EY011751 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
- 5U10EY011751 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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