NCT04685824

Visual Telerehabilitation in AMD Patients

Visual Rehabilitation in Macular Degeneration: a Pilot Study on Biofeedback Training and Home-based Mobile Virtual-reality Stimulation

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Michael Reber · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Following the degeneration of the macula and the loss of central vision, the patients naturally relocate the fixation point for high visual acuity peripherally, in an eccentric and healthy part of the retina (PRL), to compensate for visual impairments. However, in many cases, the PRL lands on a sub-optimal retinal area and becomes useless. Modern low-vision rehabilitation procedures for AMD patients include biofeedback training (BFT) to relocate the PRL to a healthy retinal patch and acquire better fixation skills. This study seeks to combine BFT with home-based immersive virtual-reality audiovisual stimulation and measure feasibility and potential effectiveness on oculomotor control and visual perception.

Conditions

• Macular Degeneration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Biofeedback Training	Audiovisual stimulation
DEVICE	Immersive Virtual-Reality	Audiovisual stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-15
• Primary completion: 2023-10-06
• Completion: 2023-10-06
• First posted: 2020-12-28
• Last updated: 2023-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada