Recruiting

Rehabilitation Program

Sponsor:

State University of New York College of Optometry

Code:

NCT05028712

Conditions

Low Vision Blindness

Visual Impairment

Quality of Life

Functional Visual Loss

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Visual Information Training

Multimodal training

Study Details

Brief summary:

This research is aimed to address one of the big gaps in the current vision rehabilitation protocols for people with profound visual impairment by evaluating a multisensory approach. There are a growing number of clinical trials that recruit people with end-stage eye diseases and the rehabilitation plan following various treatments is not clear. It is important to address this in order to maximize the efficacy of such treatments and to improve the quality of life in people with profound visual impairment.

Conditions

Low Vision Blindness

Visual Impairment

Quality of Life

Functional Visual Loss

Study ID

NCT05028712

Start date

Mar 8, 2024

Status verified date

Dec, 2025

Completion date

Jul, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • People with ultra low vision (visual acuity ≤20/1600)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • <12 years of age
  • dependent on sighted guide
  • cognitive impairment

Study Design

Enrollment

36 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Visual Information Training

experimental: Multimodal Training

Interventions

Visual Information Training

Participants in this arm will receive training to improve the use of residual vision to enhance functional performance.

Multimodal training

Participants in this arm will receive training in integrating input from different senses to enhance functional performance.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in visual ability [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Arathy Kartha, PhD

4243981727akartha@sunyopt.edu

Locations

SUNY College of Optometry

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10036

More Information

Sponsor

State University of New York College of Optometry

Last update posted

Dec 11, 2025

Last verified

Dec, 2025

Keywords

  • ultra low vision rehabilitation
  • multi sensory
  • functional vision assessment

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by State University of New York College of Optometry on 2025-12-11.