New VPU with bipolar stimulation for Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Recruiting

Led By James Weiland

Research Sponsored by University of Michigan

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 8 hours

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Study Summary

This trial will test new ways to stimulate and train the retina in order to improve the vision of those with retinal prosthesis.

Eligible Conditions

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 8 hours

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 8 hours

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 8 hours for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Change in shape perception

Percent change in stimulus thresholds

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Retinal stimulationExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Alternative stimulus patterns will be tested (vs. baseline). The intervention is the alternative stimulus pattern. The intervention will be tested only in the clinic vs. baseline. The subject will go home with baseline settings. The two alternative stimulus patterns to be tested are asymmetric waveforms and bipolar stimulus.

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