Recruiting
Early Phase 1

Medication Management

Sponsor:

MCPHS University

Code:

NCT06593405

Conditions

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

occupational therapy interventions for low vision care

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if education about additional task lighting, enhanced contrast, enlarged print instructions, smart apps and organizational strategies will improve medication management skills. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does additional task lighting, enhanced contrast, enlarged print instructions, smart apps and organizational strategies improve medication management skills, reduce errors and improve functional use of remaining vision for this task?

Participants will:

Oftentimes, the client is unaware of these strategies which may improve occupational performance during a valued activity. Clients with AMD, DR or Glaucoma who choose to receive the one hour OT service will be provided with 1:1 education regarding the devices and strategies that may improve their ability to perform medication management skills.

Conditions

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Study ID

NCT06593405

Start date

Apr 22, 2025

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Dec 5, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 5, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clients with AMD, DR or Glaucoma
  • Clients who choose to participate will allow their deidentified data to be evaluated for outcomes.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clients with other age related eye diseases other than AMD, DR or Glaucoma.
  • Clients who do not wish to participate in this study.

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Receiving OT interventions

All participants will receive all OT interventions

Interventions

occupational therapy interventions for low vision care

Occupational therapists utilize many different treatment strategies when caring for the client with low vision. Oftentimes, the client is unaware of these strategies which may improve occupational performance during a valued activity. Interventions include task lighting, organizational strategies, smart apps, contrast, enlarged print, typoscopes and electronic magnification devices.

Primary outcome measure

  • Revised Self Report Assessment of Functional Visual [ Time Frame: Results from the Revised-Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance assessment will be determined on day 1 and 4 weeks later ]
  • MediCog Screening Tool [ Time Frame: Results from the MediCog will be determined on day 1 and will be obtained 4 weeks later ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Michelle Dowling, OTD

508-373-5851michelle.dowling@mcphs.edu

Locations

MCPHS 10 Lincoln Square

Recruiting

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01608

Contacts

Michelle Dowling, Clinical Doctorate (OTD)

508-373-5851michelle.dowling@mcphs.edu

Principal Investigator:

Michelle Dowling, Clinical Doctorate

More Information

Sponsor

MCPHS University

Last update posted

May 12, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-17. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by MCPHS University on 2026-05-12. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.