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Lead
Boston Children's Hospital
Age
8–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Age ≥8 years
2. Amblyopia associated with strabismus and/or anisometropia
3. Amblyopic eye visual acuity of 20/50 - 20/400
4. Sound eye visual acuity of ≥20/25
5. For 8 to 17 year olds, current amblyopia treatment of at least 2 hours of daily patching for at least 4 weeks during the pre-enrollment period with no improvement in best-corrected amblyopic eye visual acuity (\<5 letters or 1 logMAR line between 2 consecutive visual acuity measurements at least 4 weeks apart while on current treatment)
6. For ≥18 year olds, history of prior amblyopia treatment with patching
7. Wearing optimal optical correction with stable amblyopic eye visual acuity (\<5 letters or 1 logMAR line of improvement during 2 consecutive visual acuity measurements at least 4 weeks apart)
8. Complete eye examination within 6 months prior to enrollment
9. Available for at least 6 months of follow-up, have access to a phone, and willing to be contacted by clinical staff
10. Likely to comply with prescribed treatment and unlikely, if applicable, to continue to improve with 2 hours of daily patching alone
You may not be if
1. Myopia more than -6.00 D spherical equivalent
2. Presence of associated findings that could cause reduced visual acuity
3. Previous intraocular or refractive surgery
4. Strabismus surgery planned within 22 weeks
5. Current vision therapy or orthoptics
6. Treatment with topical atropine within the past 4 weeks
