Can patching be improved in lazy eye treatment?

Completed

• Conditions: Amblyopia; Eye Diseases; Visual disturbances

• Registration Number: ISRCTN05346737
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust (UHL) (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Children, both males and females, able to perform Glasgow visual acuity test (age 3 - 8 years)
2. Newly detected strabismic, mixed or anisometropic amblyopia (anisometropia = difference >0.5 spherical equivalent or >1.5 diopters for astigmatism) with 0.3 or more logmar difference in visual acuity (VA) between the amblyopic and dominant eye

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children who have other ophthalmic or neurological diseases
2. Premature children

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compliance measured by Occlusion Dose Monitor (ODM) for the entire period of patching (3 months).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference in percentage increase of VA between Group 1 and 2 at the end of 12 weeks treatment period.