A multicenter, randomized, active-controlled, open-label study design will be used to compare the clinical performance of the Deseyne (vifilcon C) test soft contact lens to the similarly indicated 1-Day Acuvue® Moist® (etafilcon A) control soft contact lens.
Study participation is approximately 90 days in duration and will consist of approximately 80 subjects assigned in a 2:1 ratio to test or control lens bilaterally, respectively. Subjects must be otherwise healthy, with myopia between -1.00 D and -6.00 D and astigmatism no greater than 1.00 D that does not interfere with VA.
At the Screening Visit, approximately two-thirds of the eligible subjects will be randomized to receive the test lens (Deseyne [vifilcon C] lenses) and the other one-third eligible subjects will be randomized to receive the control lens (1-Day Acuvue Moist [etafilcon A] lenses). At the Dispensing Visit (Visit 2), subjects will be provided with test or control lenses as part of the dispensing package, along with instructions for the use and care of the lenses. They will be recommended unpreserved lubricating/rewetting solution for use as needed during the study.
Subjects will wear their assigned lenses bilaterally on a daily wear basis, for a minimum of 6 hours/day throughout the study (no maximum time is mandated, as long as subjects do not sleep in their lenses), with additional visits planned for 1 Week (Visit 3), 1 Month (Visit 4), 2 Months (Visit 5), and 3 Months/Exit Visit (Visit 6).
This study follows United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Premarket Notification 510(k) Guidance for Daily Wear Contact Lenses adopted in May 1994, and any unpublished subsequent policy declarations.