A brief video program aims to ease the emotional toll of vision loss
NCT ID NCT07715695
First seen Jul 20, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a short audiovisual educational program can help people with vision loss better understand and cope with common emotional challenges like grief and isolation. Participants answer questions, watch the program, and then answer more questions. The goal is to see if this simple intervention improves awareness of shared experiences.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a brief audiovisual educational intervention
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, scalable way to help people adjust emotionally to vision loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on awareness, not clinical outcomes. The intervention may not produce lasting emotional benefits.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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 89 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: * have capacity to provide informed consent * have had a visit within a low-vision rehabilitation clinic Exclusion Criteria: * are unable to engage with the audiovisual educational intervention
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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New England College of Optometry
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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