Improving Control of Intermittent Exotropia
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
To determine whether use of dichoptic movies for 8 weeks may be helpful in improving control alignment in children with intermittent exotropia (IXT), thus allowing IXT to be managed non-surgically
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 4
Maximum Age: 10
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Diagnosis of IXT or XT at Distance \& IXT or XP at near (Basic or Pseudo Divergence Excess subtype of IXT)
• No surgery planned for 6 months
Locations
United States
Texas
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
RECRUITING
Dallas
Contact Information
Primary
Eileen Birch, PhD
ebirch@retinafoundation.org
2143633911
Backup
Reed Jost, MS
reedjost@retinafoundation.org
2143633911
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-08
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: Group 1: Dichoptic Videos
dichoptic videos streamed at home 1 hour per day, 5 days per week
Sham_comparator: Group 2: Standard Videos
standard videos streamed at home 1 hour per day, 5 days per week
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Retina Foundation of the Southwest