Children with certain types of brain tumors experience visual field loss (hemianopia), which dramatically impacts their quality of life. Until now, there has been no treatment method for hemianopia in this pediatric population.
The results of a pilot study involving 10 individuals show that audiovisual stimulation delivered through a virtual reality headset, administered every two days for 6 weeks at the patient's home, improves visual perception in the blind field, thereby enhancing the patients' quality of life.
A pivotal study to confirm the efficacy of the intervention, involving eight European centers, is currently being developed.
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Misawa, M., Bajin, I. Y., Zhang, B., Daibert-Nido, M., Tchao, D., Garcia-Giler, E., Cheung, K., Appel, L., Nasir, P., Reginald, A., Tabori, U., Bartels, U., Ramaswamy, V., Markowitz, S. N., Bouffet, E., & Reber, M. (2024). A telerehabilitation program to improve visual perception in children and adolescents with hemianopia consecutive to a brain tumor: A single-arm feasibility and proof-of-concept trial. eClinicalMedicine, 78, 102955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102955
