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Study of Myopia Acquisition and Prevention

NCT00477620 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2009-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose:

To determine whether the use of reading glasses blocks the near work mediated increased incidence of myopia in healthy school children.

Methods:

SMART enrolled 115 emmetropic children (ages 7-9 years). The children were recruited in the Principality of Liechtenstein. They were randomly assigned to either the control group (n=52) or to receive reading glasses with a lens power of +2.0 dioptres (n=63). The primary outcome measure was progression towards myopia as determined by autorefraction after cycloplegia. The secondary outcome measure was change in biometry measurements of corneal curvature, axial length, anterior chamber depth, crystalline lens thickness, and vitreous chamber depth using partial coherence interferometry.

Conditions

  • Myopia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Wearing of reading glasses during prolonged near work

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Freiburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexaner Reis, PD Dr. med. · Augenwerk Liechtenstein

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2008-10-31

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