Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve Use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision

Part of paid clinical trials in Fullerton, California.

Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Study ID
NCT06107881
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Low Vision
  • Low Vision Aids

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Low Vision Rehabilitation — BEHAVIORAL
    Evaluation and training with magnification or visual assistive devices for visually-impaired adults

Study Details

One goal of this research is to conduct a non-inferiority trial of telerehabilitation versus in-office care to provide follow-up training to individuals with low vision to enhance their quality of life by using magnification devices and/or visual assistive mobile apps for important daily activities, such as reading and/or other valued tasks. This is a high priority given the increasing prevalence of low vision, paucity of low vision rehabilitation providers, and barriers related to access to care, such as transportation and geography, which can be essentially eliminated with telerehabilitation. Another goal of this project is to determine whether significant changes in environmental data collected by Bluetooth low energy beacon sensors can be used as a solution to monitor and indicate when low vision patients' have abandoned the use of their magnification devices, which has the potential to substantially enhance patient management by providing timely low vision rehabilitation services.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 15, 2023
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2028
Completion
Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
350 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Telerehabilitation with low vision provider
    Low Vision Rehabilitation for use of magnification or visual assistive devices using videoconferencing for remotely delivered follow-up care
  • Active Comparator: Usual Care In-Office
    Low Vision Rehabilitation in-office for use of magnification or visual assistive devices

Primary Outcome Measure

Activity Inventory [ Time Frame: changes from 1 month to 4 months to 8 months to 12 months to 13 months after receiving a magnification device ]

Central Contacts

Locations (9)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Southern Califonia College of OptometryFullertonCalifornia92831
Patrick Yoshinaga, OD
Chan Family OptometryGrass ValleyCalifornia95945
Tiffany L Chan, OD
UCLA Stein Eye InstituteLos AngelesCalifornia90095
Ava K Bittner, OD, PhD
310-206-4649
Ava K Bittner, OD, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Frank Stein & Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation at The Eye InstituteSan FranciscoCalifornia94102
Tiffany Chan, OD
See What You Miss OptometrySanta MonicaCalifornia90401
Lynn Watt Kurata, OD
New England College of OptometryBostonMassachusetts02115
Nicole C Ross, OD
Boston University Eye Associates, Inc.BrocktonMassachusetts02301
Lexi G Malkin, OD
Mid-Michigan Eye CareMidlandMichigan48640
John E Kaminski, OD
University of Nebraska: Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the Truhlsen Eye InstituteOmahaNebraska68198
John Shepherd, MD

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