Clinical Trial: Study of Myopia Acquisition and Prevention

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Study of Myopia Acquisition and Prevention in a Randomised Trial

Brief 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.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University Hospital Freiburg

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Information By: University Hospital Freiburg

Dates:
Date Received: May 23, 2007
Date Started: April 2004
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 19, 2009
Last Verified: February 2009