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Retina Projection System Trials for Low Vision People

Information source: Osaka City University
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Vision, Low

Phase: N/A

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: Osaka City University

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Kunihiko Shiraki, MD, Study Director, Affiliation: Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine

Summary

1. Purpose

a. Examination on Efficacy of Retina Projection System

2. Patients

a. Low vision patients

3. Methods

1. Vision aids

- Retina Projection System

- Face-mounted video display as control

2. Comparison of Reading Speeds with both vision aids

Clinical Details

Official title: Multicenter Clinical Trials of Retina Projection System

Study design: Case-Only, Prospective

Primary outcome: Reading speeds with two different vision aids

Detailed description: 1. Purpose

a. Examination on efficacy of a new vision aid of Retina Projection System

2. Patients

1. Low vision patients

2. Vision between 0. 06 and 0. 3

3. no exclusion on kinds of ocular diseases

3. Methods

1. Vision aids

- Retina Projection System

- Face-mounted video display as control

2. Computer-aided measurement of reading speeds of individual characters

3. Comparison of reading Speeds with the two vision aids

Eligibility

Minimum age: N/A. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- low vision patients

- vision between 0. 06 and 0. 3

Exclusion Criteria:

- light perception

- hand motion

- vision less than 0. 06

Locations and Contacts

Fukuoka Kinen Hospital, Fukuoka 814-8525, Japan

Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan

Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo 101-8309, Japan

Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan

Kimura Eye and Medical Hospital, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0046, Japan

Miyata Eye Hospital, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 885-0051, Japan

Additional Information

Starting date: January 2005
Ending date: December 2005
Last updated: May 20, 2008

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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