Can video games cure lazy eye? new trial tests fun therapy
NCT ID NCT03655912
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether using red/green glasses with video games can improve vision in people with amblyopia (lazy eye). Sixty participants will use either these glasses, an eye patch with a tablet, or standard patching for 2 hours daily over 4 months. The goal is to see if binocular stimulation works better than patching alone and reduces relapse after treatment stops.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- red/green glasses, electronic tablet, eye patch
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more engaging and effective treatment for lazy eye that reduces the risk of relapse.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants. The treatment may not prove more effective than standard patching, and long-term benefits are uncertain.
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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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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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4 to 10 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: * Patients with anisometropic amblyopia, strabismic amblyopia or both * Patients with out previous amblyopia treatment * Patient with previous strabismus surgery or use of there best corrected visual acuity glasses for at least 1 month * Birth at term gestational age * Without any systemic or ophthalmic comorbidities * Previous patients parent verbal and fiscal assessment. Exclusion Criteria: * Any other amblyopia diagnosis (deprivation) * Any previous amblyopia treatment * Any previous intraocular surgery * Any ocular condition * Any neurologic conditions or psychomotor development alterations * Patients not able to cooperate for visual acuity or stereopsis evaluation
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital Universitario "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez"
RECRUITINGMonterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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