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Spinning for sight: exercise trial targets vision loss in veterans

NCT ID NCT05932069

Disease control Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a 6-month online stationary cycling program can improve vision, physical function, and thinking skills in veterans aged 65-89 with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researchers will measure contrast sensitivity, night vision, and visual acuity. The goal is to find a safe, accessible way to reduce the burden of AMD, which currently has no cure.

What this could mean

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Active substance
stationary cycling (spinning)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to slow vision loss and improve daily function in people with AMD.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with only 70 participants. Exercise may not improve vision significantly, and results may not apply to all AMD patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 70 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2024

Expected to finish

Aug 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

65 to 89 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * The investigators will recruit Veterans with a diagnosis of intermediate stage AMD in at least one eye, aged 65-89, willing and able to cooperate with assessments and interventions. * Eligible participants will be quantified \> 26 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to meet the criteria for cognitively intact. * Participants will be free from diseases affecting cognition or ability to engage in aerobic exercise (including but not limited to chronic heart, liver, or kidney disease) and from diseases/injuries directly affecting brain functions (including but not limited to significant closed head injury, open intracranial wounds, stroke, epilepsy, degenerative diseases of the nervous system). * Eligible participants will be required to have stable internet access in their home. * All subjects will speak English as a primary language and will have graduated high school so that behavioral/cognitive measures reflect effects of age, AMD, and/or aerobic exercise and not the effects of familiarity with English or lack of education. Exclusion Criteria: * Other, non-AMD, visual impairments. Potential participants with major psychiatric disorder (including but not limited to psychosis, major depression, bipolar disorder) by history will be excluded as well as individuals with current alcohol or substance use disorder. * Additionally, individuals with cardiovascular disease and or history of myocardial infarction will not be included.

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Conditions

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age-related macular degeneration macular degeneration

As listed by the trial registrant

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA

    RECRUITING

    Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4004, United States

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