VR headset could help veterans heal eye problems after concussion
NCT ID NCT06105892
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a portable virtual reality system that guides eye exercises to help veterans with mild traumatic brain injury improve their eye coordination. About 80 veterans will be split into two groups: one receiving active therapy and the other a sham version. The goal is to see if this automated VR approach can reduce symptoms like double vision and headaches.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 100 people
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- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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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.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Cohort Inclusion Criteria: 1. are aged 18 - 40; 2. have suffered a mTBI according to VA/Department of Defense (DoD) criteria with documented evidence of alteration of consciousness (AOC) \< 24 hours or loss of consciousness (LOC) less than 30 minutes; 3. were injured between 1 month and 15 years ago; 4. received a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of between 13 and 15 upon emergency department (ED) admission, if available; 5. experienced less than 24 hours of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), if any; 6. have ongoing post-concussive symptoms as evidenced by a score of 18 or greater or a score of 2 or greater on question 6 (vision problems, blurring, trouble seeing) on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI); 7. have ongoing vision-related symptoms as evidenced by a score of 31 or higher on the Brain Injury Vision Symptom Survey (BIVSS); 8. have PTCI as evidenced by obtaining a score of 21 or higher on the convergence insufficiency symptom survey (CISS), a specific measure of convergence insufficiency; 9. are fluent in English; and 10. have been on stable doses of any vision-altering medications for the past 2 months. 11. Stereopsis of 500 sec arc using Randot Stereo Test. 12. Exophoria at near 4 prism-diopter (PD) or greater than magnitude at distance 13. Near point of convergence (NPC) \> 5 cm 14. Convergence amplitude at near \< 15PD break or the Sheard criterion not met Control Inclusion Criteria: 1. are aged 18 - 40; 2. CISS score of 20 or lower; 3. near point of convergence (NPC) \< 6cm; and 4. positive fusional range \>15 prism diopters. 5. Stereopsis of 500 sec arc using Randot Stereo Test. Exclusion Criteria: 1. prior history of other neurological diseases, so as to reduce the risk of confounding effects on vision; 2. history of psychosis, as there are known visual performance findings associated with psychosis; 3. history of current or recent (within two years) substance/alcohol dependence, to reduce confounding effects on visual function 4. recent medical hospitalization (within three weeks), to reduce risk of rehospitalization during the study; 5. any condition that would prevent the participant from completing the protocol; 6. appointment of a legal representative, to avoid coercion of a vulnerable population; 7. any ongoing litigation related to TBI, to prevent interference with legal proceedings; 8. membership in an identified vulnerable population, including minors and prisoners, so as to prevent coercion. 9. Previous vergence therapy, orthoptics, home-based therapy, etc. 10. Amblyopia or constant strabismus or strabismus surgery. 11. High refractive error: Myopia ≥ 6.0PD sphere; Hyperopia ≥ 5.0PD sphere; Astigmatism ≥ 4.0PD; Anisometropia \>1.5PD difference between eyes; Prior refractive surgery. 12. Manifest or latent nystagmus evident clinically. 13. Systemic diseases that affect accommodation, vergence, or ocular motility (i.e. multiple sclerosis, Graves' thyroid disease, myasthenia gravis, diabetes, chemotherapy or Parkinson disease).
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Locations
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New Mexico VA Health Care System
RECRUITINGAlbuquerque, New Mexico, 87108, United States
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