Trial Outcomes & Findings for Object Finder for a Retinal Prosthesis (NCT NCT04319809)

NCT ID: NCT04319809

Last Updated: 2024-10-15

Results Overview

This outcome measure compares time to task completion without and with modalities of the subsystem for both a stationary and mobility task. For the stationary task, participants were seated in front of a table and a cell phone was placed randomly at the center of one of ten rectangular zones. Participants were asked to find and put their hand on the location of the cell phone. The time of the response was recorded (and the distance from the cell phone, which is a separate primary outcome). For the mobility task, participants were asked to find a target person in an otherwise empty room with dark walls. Once the participant got within arm's length, the target person would initiate a handshake. The time and number of steps (a separate primary outcome) were recorded. If the person wasn't found within 5 minutes, the task was stopped and scored as incomplete.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

9 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Time in seconds to complete task. Stationary task time was time to placing hand on the table with the cell phone and mobility task time was time to handshake with the target person.

Results posted on

2024-10-15

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Argus II Users
Blind individuals previously implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis system were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 4 participants ranging in age from 61 to 90 years old. One participant was female, all identified as white, non-hispanic.
Legally Blind Individuals
Individuals with profound visual impairment (best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/500) were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 5 participants ranging in age from 31 to 54 years old. One participant was female, all identified as white, non-hispanic.
Overall Study
STARTED
4
5
Overall Study
COMPLETED
4
5
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Object Finder for a Retinal Prosthesis

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Argus II Users
n=4 Participants
Blind individuals previously implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis system were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 4 participants ranging in age from 61 to 90 years old. One participant was female, all identified as white, non-hispanic.
Legally Blind Individuals
n=5 Participants
Individuals with profound visual impairment (best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/500) were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 5 participants ranging in age from 31 to 54 years old. One participant was female, all identified as white, non-hispanic.
Total
n=9 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
5 Participants
n=7 Participants
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous
77 years
n=5 Participants
35 years
n=7 Participants
54 years
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
4 Participants
n=7 Participants
7 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
5 Participants
n=7 Participants
9 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
5 Participants
n=7 Participants
9 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
4 participants
n=5 Participants
5 participants
n=7 Participants
9 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Time in seconds to complete task. Stationary task time was time to placing hand on the table with the cell phone and mobility task time was time to handshake with the target person.

Population: Blind individuals previously implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis system were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 4 participants. Individuals with profound visual impairment (best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/500) were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 5 participants.

This outcome measure compares time to task completion without and with modalities of the subsystem for both a stationary and mobility task. For the stationary task, participants were seated in front of a table and a cell phone was placed randomly at the center of one of ten rectangular zones. Participants were asked to find and put their hand on the location of the cell phone. The time of the response was recorded (and the distance from the cell phone, which is a separate primary outcome). For the mobility task, participants were asked to find a target person in an otherwise empty room with dark walls. Once the participant got within arm's length, the target person would initiate a handshake. The time and number of steps (a separate primary outcome) were recorded. If the person wasn't found within 5 minutes, the task was stopped and scored as incomplete.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Argus II Users
n=4 Participants
To investigate the utility of a device adaptation allowing Argus II users to detect the presence and location of desired objects. Performance of the unaided Argus II system will be compared with performance using the system augmented with object recognition. Performance will be compared for Argus II Users and Legally Blind Individuals. Object recognition subsystem: The object recognition subsystem is an add-on to the Argus II retinal prosthesis system. in the early stage of the study the subsystem will run on a separate processor; in the later stage the subsystem will run in the Argus II user's video processing unit.
Legally Blind Individuals
n=5 Participants
To investigate the utility of a device adaptation allowing Legally Blind Individuals to detect the presence and location of desired objects. Performance of the object finder system will be compared with performance using the system augmented with object recognition. Performance will be compared for Argus II Users and Legally Blind Individuals.
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Normal Camera
47 time (s)
Standard Deviation 16.6
11 time (s)
Standard Deviation 13.5
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Icon
30 time (s)
Standard Deviation 6.1
23 time (s)
Standard Deviation 9.7
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Tone
26 time (s)
Standard Deviation 6.6
21 time (s)
Standard Deviation 10.4
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Speech
19 time (s)
Standard Deviation 4.7
26 time (s)
Standard Deviation 18.1
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Normal Camera plus Tone
24 time (s)
Standard Deviation 1.7
16 time (s)
Standard Deviation 17.3
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Normal Camera plus Speech
27 time (s)
Standard Deviation 5.6
12 time (s)
Standard Deviation 9.4
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Tone plus Icon
27 time (s)
Standard Deviation 2.9
22 time (s)
Standard Deviation 10.7
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Speech plus Icon
27 time (s)
Standard Deviation 5.1
35 time (s)
Standard Deviation 33.1
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Stationary, Tactile
6 time (s)
Standard Deviation 2.0
6 time (s)
Standard Deviation 2.0
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Normal Camera
135 time (s)
Standard Deviation 3.7
9 time (s)
Standard Deviation 15.6
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Icon
37 time (s)
Standard Deviation 10.2
44 time (s)
Standard Deviation 86.1
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Tone
35 time (s)
Standard Deviation .9
17 time (s)
Standard Deviation 4.3
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Speech
28 time (s)
Standard Deviation 6.6
15 time (s)
Standard Deviation 1.9
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Normal Camera plus Tone
29 time (s)
Standard Deviation 9.1
6 time (s)
Standard Deviation 6.4
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Mobility, Normal Camera plus Speech
27 time (s)
Standard Deviation 11.4
9 time (s)
Standard Deviation 9.1
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Tone plus Icon
36 time (s)
Standard Deviation 1.6
8 time (s)
Standard Deviation 4.9
Performance (Completion Time) Locating a Cell Phone and a Person
Speech plus Icon
38 time (s)
Standard Deviation 10.5
12 time (s)
Standard Deviation 8.8

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Distance to cell phone required up to 30 minutes per mode and distance to a person required up to 45 minutes per mode.

Population: Blind individuals previously implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis system were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 4 participants. Individuals with profound visual impairment (best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/500) were invited to join the study. Data were collected in 5 participants.

This outcome measure compares task completion (accuracy to a target) without and with modalities of the subsystem for both a stationary and mobility task. For the stationary task, participants were seated in front of a table and a cell phone was placed randomly at the center of one of ten rectangular zones. Participants were asked to find and put their hand on the location of the cell phone. The distance to the cell phone in centimeters was recorded. For the mobility task, participants were asked to find a target person in an otherwise empty room with dark walls. Once the participant got within arm's length, the target person would initiate a handshake. The number of steps were recorded. If the person wasn't found within 5 minutes, the task was stopped and scored as incomplete.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Argus II Users
n=4 Participants
To investigate the utility of a device adaptation allowing Argus II users to detect the presence and location of desired objects. Performance of the unaided Argus II system will be compared with performance using the system augmented with object recognition. Performance will be compared for Argus II Users and Legally Blind Individuals. Object recognition subsystem: The object recognition subsystem is an add-on to the Argus II retinal prosthesis system. in the early stage of the study the subsystem will run on a separate processor; in the later stage the subsystem will run in the Argus II user's video processing unit.
Legally Blind Individuals
n=5 Participants
To investigate the utility of a device adaptation allowing Legally Blind Individuals to detect the presence and location of desired objects. Performance of the object finder system will be compared with performance using the system augmented with object recognition. Performance will be compared for Argus II Users and Legally Blind Individuals.
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Icon
17 cm
Standard Deviation 7.3
8 cm
Standard Deviation 7.5
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Tone
21 cm
Standard Deviation 8.8
8 cm
Standard Deviation 1.6
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Speech
17 cm
Standard Deviation 7.6
8 cm
Standard Deviation 1.7
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Normal Camera plus Tone
18 cm
Standard Deviation 8.9
4 cm
Standard Deviation 4.0
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Normal Camera plus Speech
16 cm
Standard Deviation 7.0
5 cm
Standard Deviation 4.5
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Tone plus Icon
17 cm
Standard Deviation 7.8
6 cm
Standard Deviation 3.5
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Speech plus Icon
17 cm
Standard Deviation 5.0
6 cm
Standard Deviation 3.6
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Normal Camera
7 cm
Standard Deviation 6.6
4 cm
Standard Deviation 7.0
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Icon
3 cm
Standard Deviation 1.8
4 cm
Standard Deviation 6.1
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Tone
1 cm
Standard Deviation .8
3 cm
Standard Deviation 1.5
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Speech
2 cm
Standard Deviation .7
2 cm
Standard Deviation .9
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Normal Camera plus Tone
3 cm
Standard Deviation .5
1 cm
Standard Deviation 2.4
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Normal Camera plus Speech
3. cm
Standard Deviation 1.6
1 cm
Standard Deviation 1.8
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Tone plus Icon
1 cm
Standard Deviation 1.0
1 cm
Standard Deviation .9
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Speech plus Icon
2 cm
Standard Deviation 1.4
2 cm
Standard Deviation 1.4
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Stationary, Tactile
0 cm
Standard Deviation 0
0 cm
Standard Deviation 0
Accuracy (Distance From Target)
Mobility, Normal Camera
52 cm
Standard Deviation 23.0
4 cm
Standard Deviation 4

Adverse Events

Argus II Users

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Legally Blind Individuals

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Sara Seifert, President

Minnesota HealthSolutions

Phone: 6128036998

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place