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New study tests if colored lights can ease head injury light sensitivity
NCT ID NCT07606300
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether daily training with colored lights can reduce light sensitivity in people who have had a traumatic brain injury. Twenty participants will use a device at home for 20 minutes a day, first with a blue light and then with a red light, or vice versa. Researchers will measure pupil responses and symptoms every 6 weeks to see if one color works better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fixation training with colored light targets
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, at-home method to reduce light sensitivity after a head injury.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment is behavioral and may not work better than a placebo.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2005
- 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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18 to 80 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: * 18 to 80 years old and subjects able to consent for themselves * Completion of first session in entirety (participants who cannot complete the entire first visit will be considered as a screen fail) * Best-corrected visual acuity of at least 20/32 in both the right and left eyes, and 20/25 using both eyes * Prior head injury with current photophobia - A mild or moderate TBI occurring at least 3 months prior to visit, verified by a score of 2, 3 or 4 on OSU-TBI survey, and participant reports having experienced greater light sensitivity since their head injury Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy - based on self-report * Previous history of neurodegenerative disease (e.g. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, seizures) * History of pathology of the retina and optic nerve (includes retinal tears, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, optic nerve atrophy) * Currently on cholinergic medications, which affect pupil responses * Prior participation in fixation training sessions within the past 2 years * Experiencing a migraine during visit * Prior history of severe TBI (score of 5 or 6 on OSU-TBI survey)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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College of Optometry
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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