Babies in Glasses: can wearing glasses for near focus help to improve sight in babies born at risk of brain injury, and in turn, help their development in other areas? A feasibility study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral visual impairment; Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14646770
• Lead Sponsor: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36130761/ (added 22/09/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-07-30
• Study Completion: 2023-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 22 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

1. Term infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE)
2. Preterm infants born at <29 weeks’ gestational age
3. No gender criteria
4. Age range: new-born to <8 weeks CGA

Exclusion Criteria

1. Infants who are still an inpatient at 8 weeks CGA
2. Ocular exclusion criteria: children with unrelated congenital or developmental ocular abnormality such as cataract requiring surgery, genetic retinal disease, coloboma. Retinopathy of prematurity will not be an exclusion criterion
3. Infants with severe refractive error (more than -6.00D spherical equivalent or +8.00D spherical equivalent)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified