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Peripheral Reading

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03640130
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2018 by Daniel R. Coates, University of Houston.
Recruitment status was:  Enrolling by invitation
First Posted : August 21, 2018
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2018
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Daniel R. Coates, University of Houston

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate reading performance in the visual periphery by simulating central vision loss using a computer-controlled gaze-contingent display with an eye tracker. Participants will read a page of text at a comfortable rate. Several manipulations hypothesized to improve reading will be tested, such as an inverted-text "spotlight" of a single word that follows the participant's gaze.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Central Visual Impairment Behavioral: Gaze-contingent text enhancement Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

Participants will view paragraphs of multiple sentences of text with their central vision blocked computationally with a "simulated scotoma." Participants will be free to move their eyes around the page of text at a comfortable rate. The three outcomes described elsewhere will be evaluated.

In different blocks, text will contain one or more of several dynamic assistive manipulations that are hypothesized to enhance reading: 1) inverting the text at a given position, with instructions for the participant to attend to that location, which simulates a "surrogate fovea" of a patient with central vision loss. 2) horizontally expanding text to alleviate within-word crowding. 3) highlighting the next word with a visible indicator to encourage proper eye movements.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 6 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: Factors Limiting Peripheral Reading
Actual Study Start Date : November 1, 2018
Estimated Primary Completion Date : March 1, 2019
Estimated Study Completion Date : March 1, 2019
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Single Arm
Each participant will participate in several blocks (randomized order), to evaluate performance with and without behavioral gaze-contingent text enhancements.
 Behavioral: Gaze-contingent text enhancement
In different testing blocks, the efficacy of the different enhancements will be evaluated, such as inverting the text in a gaze-contingent inverted "spotlight."


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Reading speed [ Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) ]
    Average time/word it takes to read a paragraph of text.

  2. Reading accuracy [ Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) ]
    Ability to correctly answer comprehension questions or orally read words

  3. Efficiency of eye movement [ Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of testing (<2 weeks) ]
    Ability to move the eyes systematically from word to word


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Normal vision
  • English language

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 20/20 vision in either eye
  • Abnormalities which affect vision (amblyopia, keratoconus, etc.)
  • Ortho-K lenses
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03640130


Locations
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United States, Texas
University of Houston, College of Optometry
Houston, Texas, United States, 77204
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Houston
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Responsible Party: Daniel R. Coates, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03640130    
Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00001096
First Posted: August 21, 2018    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 14, 2018
Last Verified: November 2018
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Undecided
Plan Description: To conform with open science directives, will likely post the de-identified behavioral data on a public server.

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Vision Disorders
Vision, Low
Sensation Disorders
 Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Eye Diseases