Spectacles for Patients With Down Syndrome

Identification of Optimum Spectacle Prescriptions for Patients With Down Syndrome

This study tests the hypothesis that objectively derived spectacle prescriptions based on wavefront aberration measurements of the eyes of individuals with Down syndrome can provide an improvement in visual acuity over that obtained with spectacle prescriptions based on standard clinical prescribing techniques. The objectively derived prescriptions are derived using strategies to optimize retinal image quality as measured by image quality metrics, and thus these prescriptions will be referred to as metric-derived.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Vision, Low
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived

Detailed Description

Individuals with Down syndrome suffer from significant ocular complications including high levels of lower-order refractive error (sphere and cylinder) and elevated levels of higher-order aberrations. These optical factors likely contribute to the poor acuity observed in this population. Current clinical prescribing practices may under-serve this community, as the cognitive demands of the subjective refraction sequence are difficult for this population and often leave clinicians to prescribe from objective clinical findings that target full correction of sphero-cylindrical refractive error. This prescribing practice can lead to sub-par outcomes given the fact that full lower-order corrections can exacerbate the effects of higher-order aberrations in more aberrated eyes.

For this study, individuals with Down syndrome will be dispensed three pairs of spectacles for 2 months each, in random order: one clinically-derived, and two objectively-derived refractions based upon methods designed to optimize a given metric of retinal image quality which takes into consideration the wavefront aberration measurements of the eye. Both initial and adapted visual acuity in the presence of each correction will be evaluated to determine whether the objectively-derived refractions outperform clinically-derived refractions.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77204
      • University of Houston

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Down syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nystagmus (Involuntary beating movement of the eyes)
• Visually significant media opacities (e.g. cataracts or corneal scars)
• Strabismic amblyopia (reduced vision in one eye related to a constant eye-turn)
• Anisometropic amblyopia (reduced vision in one eye related to a long-standing uncompensated difference in prescription between the two eyes)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

6

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Clinical, then Metric #1, then Metric #2; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the clinically derived prescription first, followed by the metric-derived #1, and lastly the metric-derived #2.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles
Experimental: Clinical, then Metric #2, then Metric #1; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the clinically derived prescription first, followed by the metric-derived #2, and lastly the metric-derived #1.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles
Experimental: Metric #1, then Clinical, then Metric #2; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the metric-derived #1 prescription first, followed by the clinically derived prescription, and lastly the metric-derived #2 prescription.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles
Experimental: Metric #2, then Clinical, then Metric #1; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the metric-derived #2 prescription first, followed by the clinically derived prescription, and lastly the metric-derived #1 prescription.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles
Experimental: Metric #1, then Metric #2, then Clinical; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the metric-derived #1 prescription first, followed by the metric-derived #2 prescription, and lastly the clinically derived prescription.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles
Experimental: Metric #2, then Metric #1, then Clinical; Each subject will receive all three spectacle prescription interventions dispensed in randomized order for 2 months of wear each. Subjects in this arm of the study will receive the metric-derived #2 prescription first, followed by the metric-derived #1 prescription, and lastly the clinically derived prescription.	Device: Spectacles - Clinically Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by clinically derived techniques. The specific techniques employed for each subject are left up to the masked examiner and are dependent upon the information needed for refraction determination, as well as ability of the participant to cooperate for testing. Measures may include autorefraction obtained pre or post dilation, retinoscopy obtained pre or post dilation, and subjective refraction obtained pre or post dilation.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #1. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Visual Strehl ratio in the spatial domain (VSX). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #1 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles; Device: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived; Prescription spectacle lenses determined by metric-derived objective technique #2. For this method, wavefront error will be measured with the COAS (complete ophthalmic analysis system) wavefront aberrometer post-dilation with the goal of obtaining 3 to 5 high quality captures per eye. Wavefront measures will be re-sized to the patient's habitual pupil diameter and averaged. Post-measurement analysis will then be performed using a computer algorithm to identify the refractive correction predicted to produce the best image quality, as measured by maximization of the image quality metric Pupil Fraction tessellated (PFSt). The refractive correction determined from this analysis will be produced in prescription spectacle lenses and dispensed to the patient as the Intervention: Spectacles - Metric Technique #2 Derived.; Other Names: Glasses; Prescription Lenses; Spectacles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Adapted Visual Acuity	Aided LogMAR distance visual acuity obtained with either the British Standard Letters or HOTV - matching for subjects unable to name letters.	two months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Initial Visual Acuity	Aided LogMAR distance visual acuity obtained with either the British Standard Letters or HOTV - matching for subjects unable to name letters.	1 day
Spectacle Wear Time	Total wear time of each pair of spectacles as measured objectively by a temperature sensor data logger mounted to the spectacle temple.	two months
Spectacle Assessment Survey Question 1	Participants were asked to select a face from a survey with five expressions (large frown, small frown, neutral, small smile, large smile) depicting their response to the question 'Do you like wearing this pair of glasses?' Responses were coded 1 through 5 with 5 = large smile.	two months
Spectacle Assessment Survey Question 2	Participants were asked to select a face from a survey with five expressions (large frown, small frown, neutral, small smile, large smile) depicting their response to the question 'How well do you see with this pair of glasses when looking far away?' Responses were coded 1 through 5 with 5 = large smile.	two months
Spectacle Assessment Survey Question 3	Participants were asked to select a face from a survey with five expressions (large frown, small frown, neutral, small smile, large smile) depicting their response to the question 'How well do you see with this pair of glasses when looking up close?' Responses were coded 1 through 5 with 5 = large smile.	two months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Houston
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Heather A Anderson, OD, PhD, University of Houston

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Anderson HA, Marsack JD, Benoit JS, Manny RE, Fern KD. Visual Acuity Outcomes in a Randomized Trial of Wavefront Metric-optimized Refractions in Adults with Down Syndrome. Optom Vis Sci. 2022 Jan 1;99(1):58-66. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001834.
• Anderson HA, Benoit JS, Marsack JD, Manny RE, Ravikumar A, Fern KD, Trast KR. A Randomized Trial of Objective Spectacle Prescriptions for Adults with Down Syndrome: Baseline Data and Methods. Optom Vis Sci. 2021 Jan 1;98(1):88-99. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001631.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 26, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 10, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 5, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 5, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): December 11, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 25, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 27, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Congenital Abnormalities; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Intellectual Disability; Sensation Disorders; Abnormalities, Multiple; Chromosome Disorders; Vision Disorders; Down Syndrome; Vision, Low; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Adrenergic Agents; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors; Membrane Transport Modulators; Dopamine Agents; Antiprotozoal Agents; Antiparasitic Agents; Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Sympathomimetics; Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; Metronidazole; Methamphetamine
• Other Study ID Numbers: EY024590

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes