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CompletedNCT01488786

A Study to Evaluate the BrainPort® Vision Device in Subjects Who Are Blind

A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the BrainPort® Vision Device in Subjects Who Are Blind

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (actual)
Sponsor
Wicab · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety of the BrainPort vision device and to demonstrate improved object recognition and word identification and ambulation with use of the BrainPort vision device in subjects who are medically documented as blind, with acuity of 20/ 5000 or worse.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEBrainPort Vision Device2-3 days of training (10 hours) followed by minimum in-home use 300 minutes per month for 12 months.

Timeline

Start date
2011-10-01
Primary completion
2013-04-01
Completion
2013-04-01
First posted
2011-12-08
Last updated
2013-08-09

Locations

7 sites across 2 countries: United States, Canada

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01488786. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.