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Trial reportJAMA network open2025

Personalized Visual Perceptual Learning Digital Therapy for Visual Field Defects Following Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Eun Namgung, Bum Joon Kim, Jee Hyun Kwon, Moon-Ku Han, Hahn Young Kim, Jin-Man Jung, Jae Guk Kim, Kwang-Yeol Park, Jaseong Koo, Keun-Sik Hong and 9 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in JAMA network open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05525949 (Treatment of Homonymous Visual Loss With Digital Therapeutics, VIVID Brain, Visual Perceptual Learning Device), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05525949 nacompletednot on this map

Treatment of Homonymous Visual Loss With Digital Therapeutics, VIVID Brain, Visual Perceptual Learning Device (HOGWAND Trial) : Multi Center, Randomized, Single-blind (Evaluator), Superiority Prove, Prospective Confirmatory Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorNunaps IncRan2022 to 2023Enrolled93ConditionsVisual Fields Hemianopsia, Hemianopsia, HomonymousArmsVIVID Brain, No-treatment Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Eun NamgungAsan Institute for Life Sciences¸ Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Bum Joon KimDepartment of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Jee Hyun KwonDepartment of Neurology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, South Korea.
Moon-Ku HanDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Hahn Young KimDepartment of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Jin-Man JungDepartment of Neurology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea.
Jae Guk KimDepartment of Neurology, Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Daejeon, South Korea.
Kwang-Yeol ParkDepartment of Neurology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Jaseong KooDepartment of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Keun-Sik HongDepartment of Neurology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, South Korea.
Kyung-Ho YuDepartment of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, South Korea.
A-Hyun ChoDepartment of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Jun Young ChangDepartment of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Sun U KwonDepartment of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Byung Joo LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Ha-Gyun ChoiNunaps Inc, Seoul, South Korea.
Moonju ChoNunaps Inc, Seoul, South Korea.
Gyeong-Moon KimDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Dong-Wha KangDepartment of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Importance: Effective treatments for restoring visual field defects (VFDs) in patients with stroke necessitate validation through randomized clinical trials. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a personalized digital therapeutic based on visual perceptual learning for treating poststroke VFDs. Design, Setting, and Participants: A multicenter randomized clinical trial was conducted from October 19, 2022, to November 8, 2023, at 12 hospitals in South Korea. The study included poststroke outpatients 19 years or older with persistent VFDs (>3 months after stroke) and neuroimaging-confirmed stroke lesions in the visual pathway. Intervention: The training group underwent personalized visual discrimination tasks (orientation and rotation) using a mobile virtual reality headset 5 days a week for 12 weeks, with 360 trials per day. The control group received no intervention. Main Outcome and Measures: The primary outcome was improved visual areas (defined as sensitivity increased by ≥6 decibels [dB] during 12 weeks) assessed using Humphrey visual field tests at baseline and 12 weeks. Results: Of 93 enrolled stroke outpatients with VFDs, 82 were included in the final analysis (41 in the intervention group and 41 in the control group; median [IQR] age, 52 [42-65] years; 57 male [69.5%]). As primary measures, the training group, with a high adherence rate, showed significantly greater improvement (sensitivity increased by ≥6 dB) in the whole field (median difference, 72 [95% CI, 36-108] degrees squared; P = .003; mean [SD], 194.1 [197.3] vs 82.5 [95.0] degrees squared) and defective hemifield (median difference, 72 [95% CI, 36-108] degrees squared; P = .002; mean [SD], 158.9 [159.0] vs 72.0 [91.4] degrees squared) compared with the control group. As secondary measures, mean (SD) Humphrey visual field test scores improved after 12 weeks in the training group (whole field: 0.72 [1.55] dB; P = .005; defective hemifield: 1.20 [2.08] dB; P < .001) but not in the control group (whole field: 0.03 [1.30] dB; P = .88; defective hemifield: 0.06 [1.85] dB; P = .84). Conclusions and Relevance: In this randomized clinical trial of a digital therapeutic for chronic poststroke VFDs, the visual perceptual learning-based training demonstrated significant improvements in the whole field and defective hemifield. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05525949.

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StrokeStroke RehabilitationVision DisordersVisual FieldsVisual PerceptionAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRepublic of KoreaTreatment Outcome

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PMID40388168
PMCPMC12090032

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