3-D printed glasses could speed up vision care for kids on medicaid
NCT ID NCT05588362
First seen Oct 19, 2026 · Last updated Oct 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Many children with public insurance wait longer than they should to get eyeglasses, which can affect their vision, schoolwork, and quality of life. This trial compares two ways for school-aged children on MassHealth to receive glasses: the usual route through a Medicaid optical shop, or ordering custom 3-D printed glasses right in the clinic using a tablet app. Researchers will track how long each group waits for glasses, how often children wear them, and how their vision and quality of life change over six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 3-D printed eyeglasses ordered in the clinic through a tablet app
- What this could lead to
- If the in-clinic ordering approach works, it could give children on public insurance a faster, simpler path to glasses and help close gaps in vision care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small study at one hospital, so results may not apply elsewhere. Faster glasses do not guarantee children will wear them, and the app approach depends on staff time and technology.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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5 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Masshealth insurance * first-time glasses wearers * receive a diagnosis of refractive amblyopia, myopia, hyperopia and/or astigmatism requiring spectacle correction for optimal vision at distance and near. * Glasses must be recommended for full time wear by the attending optometrist or ophthalmologist Exclusion Criteria: * strabismus * developmental or learning delay * other ocular pathology
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States
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