Effect of VR and Accommdation Relax on Controlling Myopia in Children

Capital Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Myopia; Accommodation Spasm; Children

Treatments: Device: Virtual reality and accommodation relax techniques in combination

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03427697

TRECKY20170704

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of virtual reality and accommodation relax technique on controlling onset and development of myopia in school-aged children. Half of the children will receive head-mounted video display which shows video with virtual reality and accommodation relax technique in combination, while the other half will receive no intervention.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Best corrected visual acuity >=20/20 for each eye;
• Astigmastism less than 1.5 D;
• Anisometropia less than 1.0D;
• No other ocular or systematic diseases;

Exclusion criteria

• Can not endure virtual reality video;
• Can not cooperate with ocular examinations;
• Receiving other interventions for controlling myopia;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Head-mounted video display which shows video with virtual reality and accommodation relax technique in combination,40 minutes per day

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality and accommodation relax techniques in combination

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be performed in the control group