{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Writing Committee"],"funding":["NEI NIH HHS"],"pagination":["998-1004.e6"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2864338"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["117(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether visual acuity improvement with Bangerter filters is similar to improvement with patching as initial therapy for children with moderate amblyopia.<h4>Design</h4>Randomized, clinical trial.<h4>Participants</h4>We enrolled 186 children, 3 to <10 years old, with moderate amblyopia (20/40-20/80).<h4>Methods</h4>Children were randomly assigned to receive either daily patching or to use a Bangerter filter on the spectacle lens in front of the fellow eye. Study visits were scheduled at 6, 12, 18, and 24 weeks.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Visual acuity in amblyopic eyes at 24 weeks.<h4>Results</h4>At 24 weeks, amblyopic eye improvement averaged 1.9 lines in the Bangerter group and 2.3 lines in the patching group (difference in mean visual acuities between gro"],"journal":["Ophthalmology"],"pubmed_title":["A randomized trial comparing Bangerter filters and patching for the treatment of moderate amblyopia in children."],"pmcid":["PMC2864338"],"funding_grant_id":["U10 EY011751","U10 EY011751-11","U10 EY011751-12","EY011751","UG1 EY011751"],"pubmed_authors":["Lazar EL","Cotter SA","Beck RW","Bonsall DJ","Rutstein RP","Holmes JM","Suh DW","Leske DA","Hoover DL","Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Writing Committee","Lorenzana IJ","Quinn GE","Repka MX","Crouch ER"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A randomized trial comparing Bangerter filters and patching for the treatment of moderate amblyopia in children.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether visual acuity improvement with Bangerter filters is similar to improvement with patching as initial therapy for children with moderate amblyopia.<h4>Design</h4>Randomized, clinical trial.<h4>Participants</h4>We enrolled 186 children, 3 to <10 years old, with moderate amblyopia (20/40-20/80).<h4>Methods</h4>Children were randomly assigned to receive either daily patching or to use a Bangerter filter on the spectacle lens in front of the fellow eye. Study visits were scheduled at 6, 12, 18, and 24 weeks.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Visual acuity in amblyopic eyes at 24 weeks.<h4>Results</h4>At 24 weeks, amblyopic eye improvement averaged 1.9 lines in the Bangerter group and 2.3 lines in the patching group (difference in mean visual acuities between gro","dates":{"release":"2010-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2010 May","modification":"2025-04-19T03:38:21.722Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:05:02Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2864338","cross_references":{"pubmed":["20163869"],"doi":["10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.014"]}}