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Eye and Carotenoid Augmentation Research and Evaluation (EyeCARE)
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The primary study outcomes are to investigate the effects of 4-month daily carotenoid complex supplementation on carotenoid status in the macula and skin and visual fatigue among adults 20-45 years of age. Secondary outcomes will examine the supplementation effects on cognitive function.

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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Prevent Vision Loss From Diabetes Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities
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This study aims to investigate whether a novel artificial intelligence based screening strategy (AI-Based point of caRe, Incorporating Diagnosis, SchedulinG, and Education or AI-BRIDGE), which allows primary care providers to screen patients for vision-threatening diabetic eye disease in the primary care clinic, improves screening and follow-up care rates across race/ethnicity groups and reduces racial/ethnic disparities in screening.

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Examining the Effect of Eye Gaze Technology on Children With Cortical Visual Impairment
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The goal of this study is to learn about eye gaze technology's use as an assessment and intervention of visual skills and the impact on occupational performance in children with cortical/cerebral visual impairment. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Does the use of eye gaze technology with graded visual activities improve visual abilities: * Does an improvement in visual abilities improve occupational performance? - What are the factors that correlate with improved visual abilities? Participants will complete the Pre-test with Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement, Cortical Visual Impairment Range, Sensory Profile and Sensory Processing Checklist for Children with Visual Impairment. Then will participate in eye gaze technology activities using eye gaze software with graded visual games for 20 minutes per day for 4 weeks. Observations of positioning, head/eye position, sensory processing, and types of eye gaze activities used during the session. Pre test, daily and post test percentage scores on the eye gaze activities will be recorded. Then the child will complete post testing with the Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement and Cortical Visual Impairment Range.

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The Outcome of Sports Vision Training on Collegiate Softball Players
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To investigate the outcomes of sports vision enhancement training on softball players, specifically the visual skills and visual function. This will help to develop and hone best practice methods for future research as well as training protocols for athletes.

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The Effects of Concussion on Gait and Posture in Individuals With Peripheral Vision Loss
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Changes in gait and balance often occur in individuals who have suffered a concussion. In addition, a subset of concussed individuals also experience peripheral vision loss. To date, changes in gait and balance have not been examined in individuals who have suffered a concussion and also experience peripheral vision loss.

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The Effects of VisionPure™ on Indices of Vision Health and Cognitive Function
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VisionPure™ is a softgel dietary supplement containing fish oil, lutein, zeaxanthin, and vitamin D. The intent of the VisionPure product is to assist in maintaining eye and cognitive health while helping to provide protection against blue throughout the day. In this pilot trial, approximately 16 participants will be recruited and randomly assigned to experimental and placebo conditions. Participants will consume 1 serving (2 softgels) per day of their respective study condition for 60 days. Prior to and following the 60 day supplementation period, participants will undergo a series of optometry and cognitive examinations to quantify eye health and cognitive function outcomes.

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Studying the Effects of Natural Visual Scene Changes on Typical Adult Visual Perception
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The natural visual environment is complex and rich with different stimuli and features. The visual system must constantly extract behaviorally relevant visual information from an abundance of irrelevant information in the visual scene. To complicate matters further, the visual feature or stimulus that is most relevant at any given moment can change quickly and frequently in realistic visual environments. The mechanisms by which task-relevant information guides perceptual behavior are not fully understood. In this study, psychophysical experiments will be used to measure participants' ability to discriminate the horizontal position of a central object within a complex, natural visual scene, as well as to measure how that ability is affected by within-trial variability in the features of background objects in the scene. The goal of this study is to investigate the overarching prediction that the visual system extracts task-relevant information in a manner that reflects realistically complex visual environments in which the stimuli change quickly and frequently. Specifically, this study will test the hypothesis that task-irrelevant variability in the scene affects participants' ability to discriminate the visual feature that is relevant to the task at hand.

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Community Interest in Vision Screening Technology
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Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new, emerging field within healthcare. Studies have analyzed public perceptions of virtual reality in healthcare using social media, but few have actually demonstrated and educated these modalities to communities. Because vision care can be costly and inaccessible, especially in communities with few physicians, this study aims to evaluate whether communities would be open to new technology. For example, it has been determined that 80% of vision loss is preventable with adequate screening technology, a key factor in ameliorating the economic and emotional burden of eye disease. Therefore, through demonstrations and educational presentations by medical students, gaps in understanding perceptions, willingness to adopt, and general demographics of those seeking better eye care will be understood.

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Evaluation of Dextenza in Patients With Ocular GVHD and Effects on Ocular Surface Disease Outcomes
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To evaluate the safety and efficacy of Dextenza intracanalicular insert in patients with ocular graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

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A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Remote Monitoring of Myopia Patients With the EyeQue Insight
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The objective of this study is to determine whether the remote monitoring of myopia patients with the EyeQue Insight (visual acuity test) can replace regularly scheduled follow-up visits.

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Study to Evaluate Visual Acuity Measured With the EyeQue Insight Versus a Standard Eyechart.
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Open label exploratory study of the EyeQue Insight in healthy volunteers \>=7 years of age.

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Virtual Reality Mobility Assessment of Functional Vision in Retinal Disease
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Background: The retina is a thin layer of tissue at the back of the eye. Retinal disease usually reduces a person s mobility because it affects how he or she moves through familiar and unfamiliar environments. Researchers want to see if a virtual reality (VR) tool can provide an easier and more accurate way to assess mobility. Objective: To learn if researchers can track changes in mobility in people with retinal disease using a new VR tool. Eligibility: People aged 5 and older with retinal disease that affects their vision, and healthy volunteers. Design: Participants will have 2-3 clinic visits. Participants will wear goggles or sit in front of a screen while sitting. Using a game controller, they will navigate through 4 obstacle courses presented in VR. Participants will have a medical history exam. They will answer questions about their family history. They will fill out questionnaires about the vision and mobility issues they have in their daily lives. Participants will have a complete eye exam. They will read letters from a chart. Their eye pressure will be measured. Their pupils may be dilated with eye drops. Pictures of their eye will be taken. Lights will be shined in their eyes. Participants will take a visual field test. For this, they will look into a dome and press a button when they see a light. Participants will have an electroretinogram. For this, they will sit in the dark with their eyes patched. Then their eyes will be numbed with eye drops and they will wear contact lenses while watching flashing lights. Participants will have optical coherence tomography. This is a noninvasive procedure. It produces cross-sectional pictures of the retina....

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A Study of TRS01 in Participants With Post-surgical Ocular Inflammation
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of TRS01 eye drops as compared to placebo on participants with ocular inflammation after cataract surgery.

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Eye Movements, Visual Perception and Attention
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During visual fixation, small eye movements of which we are usually not aware, prevent the maintenance of a steady direction of gaze. These eye movements are finely controlled and shift retinal projection of objects within the fovea, the region of the retina where visual acuity is highest. This program of research examines the link between these eye movements and attention, and tests the hypothesis that attention, similarly to eye movements, can be controlled at the foveal level. Psychophysical experiments with human subjects, using state-of-the-art techniques, high resolution eyetracking and retinal stabilization are conducted to address these questions. Gaze-contingent calibration procedures are employed to achieve high accuracy in gaze localization. A custom developed gaze-contingent display is used to shift in real-time visual stimuli on the monitor to compensate for the observer eye movements during fixation periods and to maintain stimuli at a desired location on the retina. Experiments involve visual discrimination/detection tasks with stimuli presented at selected eccentricities within the fovea. Participants' performance and reaction times are examined under different conditions, in which various types of attention are manipulated. In addition to advancing our basic understanding of visual perception, this research leads to a better understanding of attentional control at the foveal scale and of the contribution of microscopic eye movements to the acquisition and processing of visual details.

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The Effects of LycoRed Phytonutrient and Vitamin Supplement (a.k.a. LYC-001e) on Ocular Blood Flow
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Objectives:To determine LYC-001e's influences on ocular blood flow Ocular blood flow has been implicated as a parameter relevant to eye health and involved in the disease process of several ophthalmic pathologies including AMD, glaucoma, and diabetes We hypothesis that LYC-001e will increase measures of ocular blood flow in healthy individuals Methods: This is a single-phase, randomized, parallel, double blind , comparative study of LYC-001e versus placebo on ocular blood vessels in healthy individuals.

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EYE-TRAC Advance: Technology Verification (ETA-TV) Cohort 2
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This is a prospective multi-center cohort feasibility and exploratory study.

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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of EV06 Ophthalmic Solution in Improving Vision in Subjects With Presbyopia
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether EV06 Ophthalmic Solution is safe and effective in improving distance corrected near vision in people who have presbyopia.

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Genetics of Inherited Eye Disease
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Background: Research has identified some of the genes involved in inherited eye diseases. But for many of these diseases, the genes are not yet known. Researchers want to try to find these genes. They also hope to learn more about how symptoms differ in people with similar gene changes. Objective: To learn more about genes involved in eye diseases. Eligibility: People who have a known or suspected inherited eye disease, and their relatives. Design: * All participants will have a medical history, physical exam, and eye exam. They may have blood taken. * Participants with an eye disease may have eye cell samples taken using a swab or biopsy procedure. * Participants may have a skin biopsy. A (Omega)-inch piece of skin will be removed. * Participants may have blood drawn and the red blood cells removed. The remaining serum will be made into an eye drop solution for the participant. * Participants may provide samples of tears, urine, saliva, stool, hair, or inner cheek cells. * Participants may have a retina test. They may also have a test that uses light to measure retina thickness. * Participants may have an eye movement test. Electrodes will be placed on the skin next to both eyes. * Participants may have a fluorescein angiography. A dye will be given through an intravenous line in the arm. A camera will take pictures of the dye as it flows through the eyes blood vessels. * Participants may have microperimetry. They will sit at a computer screen and press a button when they see a light. * Participants may have an eye movement test. They will wear contact lenses or goggles and watch a series of spots on a computer screen.

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Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of the Oculeve Intranasal Lacrimal Neurostimulator in Patients With Dry Eye
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Intranasal Tear Neurostimulator applied intranasally compared with the same device applied extranasally (control) in treating the symptoms of dry eye exacerbated by the Controlled Adverse Environment (CAE) Model.

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Multi-center Phase II Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of DE-117 Ophthalmic Solution in Subjects With Primary Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of five concentrations of DE-117 ophthalmic solution.

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Safety Study Looking at the Effects of Stendra on Vision
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The purpose of this study is to see if Stendra causes any changes in vision, eye pressure, pupil dilation, and color vision in healthy males.

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Multi-center Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of DE-117 Ophthalmic Solution in Subjects With Primary Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of four concentrations of DE-117 ophthalmic solution.

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Hydrocortisone Ophthalmic Ointment 0.5% for Treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis
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The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of hydrocortisone ophthalmic ointment compared to placebo in the treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis.

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Vision Response to Dopamine Replacement
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate and document physiologic and functional changes in visual performance and retinal function of patients diagnosed with albinism (a dopamine deficiency state) following a trial of oral Levodopa/carbidopa treatment.

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MRI in Diagnosing Solid Tumors of the Eye and Orbit
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This study is being done due to a new imaging method that may help others in the future to improve evaluation of diseases in the eye and eye socket and to help make a decision concerning best treatment of the disease. Previous studies suggests that dynamic contrast enhanced MRI is ideally suited to show small structures in the eye and eye socket as well as to provide information about the eye socket such as blood circulation. This research may also provide information about the likelihood of the tumor spreading from the eye into other organs as well as correlate the study images with all other clinical imaging

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Bandage Lenses in Treating Patients With Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease
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This phase II clinical trial studies how well bandage lenses work in treating patients with ocular graft versus host disease. Bandage lenses may be helpful in relieving eye symptoms and damage caused by eye graft versus host disease.

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Post Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) Use of an Eye Shield for Maintaining Vision and Mitigating Pain
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The purpose of this research is to determine if an investigational thin shield over the cornea can safely and effectively reduce or eliminate pain following Post Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). The thin shield is made of silicone. The materials used to make the corneal shield all have a history of use in medical devices, contact lenses, and/or corneal shields and have been used safely in the eye.

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Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Eyes of Neonates
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Brief Summary The purpose of this study is to better characterize the retina and optic nerve in newborns using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (s-oct). This new technology provides a very detailed cross-section picture of the cellular layers in the retina and a 3-dimensional picture of the optic nerve head and the fovea (the center of the retina that provides the most accurate vision). These images have been used by doctors for more than 5 years to help diagnose and treat adults with eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments, and melanoma. But, it has never been studied in newborns. In newborns, it would potentially help in the diagnoses of glaucoma, optic nerve hypoplasia, foveal hypoplasia, and colobomata among many other disorders. Prior to diagnosing disorders, it is necessary to establish normal values. It is the purpose of this investigation to study the retina and optic nerves in neonates to establish normal values. After a parent of a normal newborn provides a written consent, the baby will be taken to the Eye Clinic where the instrument is located. The baby will be swaddled in one or more blankets as needed. The infants will be held in front of the instrument by a nurse. The technician will move the lens of the instrument to about 2 to 4 inches from the baby's eye. The mild light from the instrument will then enter the eye for a few seconds to obtain the desired image. The image can be captured through an immobile eye within 5 seconds. If the baby is fussy, he or she may be given a few drops of a sugar (sucrose) solution on a pacifier for calming. Although the images can usually be secured through a normal pupil, if the pupil is found to be too small, two drops of Cyclomydril will be placed on the eye for dilation. This is the eye drop used everyday in the Eye Clinic and nursery to dilate the pupils of babies. The dilation will last for about 6 to 10 hours. After the test, the baby will return to the nursery or be discharged home as intended by the Neonatology Division. There is minimal risk associated with this investigation. The instrument is non-invasive and does not touch the eye. The babies will be swaddled and held by a nurse to prevent any contact with the machine. The eye drop to be used if needed for dilation has been used on babies at Harbor for about 30 years. It has been found to very safe. The fact that we will study only term (not premature babies) and will apply only two drops if needed should minimize any risk from the eye drop. An ethical issue to consider is that while the study will provide important information that will undoubtedly help babies in the future, it will probably not benefit the baby being studied. However, if the baby has an undetected retinal or optic nerve problem, the study may reveal it.

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Trial of L-DOPA as a Treatment to Improve Vision in Albinism
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This project will evaluate the effect of two doses of levodopa (L-DOPA) in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked clinical trial to see if vision can be improved in individuals with albinism. The hypothesis is that providing L-DOPA to the retinas of these individuals may increase melanin pigment production. Increased melanin has previously been shown to be associated with improved vision.

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Does the VTS1000 Infra Red Vein Imager Allow Better Identification of Veins Than Normal Eyesight?
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VueTek has developed a head mounted device that will improve the viewing of superficial, subcutaneous vasculature, differentiating it with higher contrast from surrounding tissue. Video of the vasculature is displayed to the user in a portable headset. The headset and display combination facilitates both visualization in the display and an open field of view directly to the subject's anatomy and practitioner's surroundings. The goal is to provide a non-diagnostic, enhanced visual aide that is used alongside standard visual and tactile methodology. The primary and secondary objectives of this validation are as follows: 1. Primary Objective: To demonstrate that the VTS1000 affords visualization of superficial, subcutaneous vascular structures, when compared to the naked eye. 2. Secondary Objective: To demonstrate that the VTS1000 enhances visualization of superficial, subcutaneous vascular structures over the naked eye. Validation Ancillary Endpoints 1. To gather data to demonstrate that the VTS1000 is portable, affords conventional vascular access methods, and provides flexibility, fit and balance during use.

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