Augmenting Patching Treatment for Amblyopia With Physical Exercise

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Amblyopia

Treatments: Other: Physical Exercise in addition to Patching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03822806

18-010474

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researches are trying to establish whether moderate exercise enhances the treatment benefit of patching 2 hours a day for residual amblyopia in children.

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 5 to < 17 years old
• Cycloplegic refraction within past year
• Diagnosis of residual amblyopia, with no evidence of regression of amblyopic eye visual acuity by 1 or more LogMAR from best previous
• Completed at least 6 months prior patching treatment (minimum 2 hours/day) or atropine treatment.
• Stable visual acuity as defined by <1 LogMAR change over 2 visits
• Xbox 360 Kinect, Wii or WiiU gaming system in the home, or a different gaming system with a version of Just Dance® already in the home.

Exclusion criteria

• Known problems with exercise tolerance
• No gaming system in the home that supports Just Dance® Kids 2014, and no existing version of Just Dance® in the home
• Current atropine treatment for amblyopia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4 participants in 1 patient group

Physical Exercise in addition to Patching

Experimental group

Description:

Patch for 2 hours a day, and exercise (using the videogame JustDance) for the first 30 minutes of those 2 hours using the video game (continuing to wear the patch for 90 minutes after exercise).

Treatment:

Other: Physical Exercise in addition to Patching