Actively Recruiting
Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve Use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision
Led by University of California, Los Angeles · Updated on 2025-09-23
350
Participants Needed
9
Research Sites
237 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of California, Los Angeles
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Nebraska
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
One goal of this research is to conduct a non-inferiority trial of telerehabilitation versus in-office care to provide follow-up training to individuals with low vision to enhance their quality of life by using magnification devices and/or visual assistive mobile apps for important daily activities, such as reading and/or other valued tasks. This is a high priority given the increasing prevalence of low vision, paucity of low vision rehabilitation providers, and barriers related to access to care, such as transportation and geography, which can be essentially eliminated with telerehabilitation. Another goal of this project is to determine whether significant changes in environmental data collected by Bluetooth low energy beacon sensors can be used as a solution to monitor and indicate when low vision patients' have abandoned the use of their magnification devices, which has the potential to substantially enhance patient management by providing timely low vision rehabilitation services.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve Use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults aged 18 years or older with any level of vision loss caused by any eye disease
- Received new magnification device(s) for the first time from a participating low vision rehabilitation site
- Devices include hand-held optical magnifiers, portable electronic video magnifiers, high near add powers of +4.00 or greater, visual assistive mobile apps on smartphones/tablets, some stand magnifiers, and CCTVs
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to participate in planned visits due to moving far away or taking extended vacations within the first 4 months
- Unable to understand study procedures or consistently respond to visual stimuli due to cognitive impairment
- History of substance abuse
- Significant hearing loss preventing communication by phone or video
- Medical conditions that limit participation or lifespan
- Need for other types of low vision rehabilitation training or intervention such as psychosocial support
- Use of magnifier devices incompatible with Bluetooth beacon sensors, including hands-free devices without hand contact, devices lacking a surface area to attach the beacon sensor, or use of visual assistive mobile apps only
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 9 locations
1
Southern Califonia College of Optometry
Fullerton, California, United States, 92831
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Chan Family Optometry
Grass Valley, California, United States, 95945
Not Yet Recruiting
3
UCLA Stein Eye Institute
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
Actively Recruiting
4
Frank Stein & Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation at The Eye Institute
San Francisco, California, United States, 94102
Not Yet Recruiting
5
See What You Miss Optometry
Santa Monica, California, United States, 90401
Not Yet Recruiting
6
New England College of Optometry
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
Not Yet Recruiting
7
Boston University Eye Associates, Inc.
Brockton, Massachusetts, United States, 02301
Not Yet Recruiting
8
Mid-Michigan Eye Care
Midland, Michigan, United States, 48640
Not Yet Recruiting
9
University of Nebraska: Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the Truhlsen Eye Institute
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
U
UCLA Study Coordinator
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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