Contact Lenses and Myopia

The objective of this study is to determine if multifocal contact lenses affect accommodation and/or binocular vision when worn by pediatric patients. This will be accomplished through subjective and objective accommodative and binocular experiments in children wearing single vision and multifocal soft contact lenses.

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Key information

Conditions

Myopia Eye Diseases Refractive Errors

Age range

7 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

SUNY College of Optometry, Clinical Vision Research Center

New York, 10036, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

7 to 15 years of age
Refractive error between -1.00 and -8.00 D sphere, with less than or equal to 1.00 D astigmatism
Corrected visual acuity of 20/25 or better in each eye

Exclusion criteria

Ocular or systemic disease known to affect accommodation or vision
Convergence or accommodative disorder, or any strabismus
Use of oral or topical medications known to affect accommodation

Treatment and study plan

Contact Lenses

Device

Primary outcomes

Accommodative response

Time frame: Up to two hours

Accommodative response will be measured subjectively and objectively using the push-up technique and photorefraction.
Binocular posture status

Time frame: Up to two hours

Binocular posture will be measured using Modified Thorington,

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

State University of New York College of Optometry

Other

Registry information

Acronym: CLAM

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2016
First posted: Jul 2, 2014
Registry last updated: Jul 12, 2016

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