A Randomized Trial of Binocular Dig Rush Game Treatment for Amblyopia in Children Aged 4 to 6 Years.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2022

Identifier

DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001867

Abstract

Significance: Binocular treatment for unilateral amblyopia is an emerging treatment that requires evaluation through a randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare change in amblyopic-eye visual acuity (VA) in children aged 4 to 6 years treated with the dichoptic binocular iPad (Apple, Cupertino, CA) game, Dig Rush (not yet commercially available; Ubisoft, Montreal, Canada), plus continued spectacle correction versus continued spectacle correction alone.

Methods: Children (mean age, 5.7 years) were randomly assigned to home treatment for 8 weeks with the iPad game (prescribed 1 h/d, 5 d/wk [n = 92], or continued spectacle correction alone [n = 90]) in a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Before enrollment, children wearing spectacles were required to have at least 16 weeks of wear or no improvement in amblyopic-eye VA (

Results: A total of 182 children with anisometropic (63%), strabismic (16%;

Conclusions: In 4- to 6-year-old children with amblyopia, binocular Dig Rush treatment resulted in greater improvement in amblyopic-eye VA for 4 weeks but not 8 weeks. Future work is required to determine if modifications to the contrast increment algorithm or other aspects of the game or its implementation could enhance the treatment effect.

Journal Title

Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry

Volume

99

Issue

3

First Page

213

Last Page

227

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