Multisensory Rehabilitation for Hemianopia

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Recruiting

Led By Benjamin Rowland, PhD

Research Sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Ability to perform the visual discriminations in their intact field

Diagnosis of a stable homonymous hemianopia (>6 months) with absence of hemineglect

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up month 3

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Study Summary

This trial will test a new rehabilitation paradigm to see if it can improve the lives of those with hemianopia, a condition where someone can only see half of what's in front of them.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults under 85 years old with a stable condition called hemianopia, where half of the visual field is lost. Participants should not have attention deficits related to vision (hemineglect) and must be able to see well enough in their unaffected field to do certain visual tasks.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests a new way to help people with hemianopia, which involves using multiple senses in therapy. The goal is to show that this approach can improve vision problems caused by damage to the primary visual cortex while leaving other brain areas intact.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial focuses on rehabilitation through sensory exercises rather than medication or surgery, side effects are likely minimal but may include fatigue or frustration during training sessions.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I can see clearly with my unaffected eye.

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I have had stable partial vision loss for over 6 months without ignoring one side.

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My brain lesion affects my vision but not my touch or spatial awareness.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ month 3

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~month 3

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and month 3 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Distance between perceived and actual stimulus location

Humphrey visual field test

Low-vision visual functioning questionnaire (LV-VFQ-48)

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Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Unilaterally blind Subjects will be exposed to visual-auditory stimulationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The over-arching objective is to evaluate the functional recovery of vision in hemianopic patients engaged with a multisensory training paradigm. Unilaterally blind participants will participate in weekly training sessions in which they are exposed to high-density spatiotemporally congruent and consistent visual-auditory stimulation. The participants will be tested on a battery of visual tasks probing different levels of function in different environments in a longitudinal study to track recovery.

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