Myopia Prevention With Reading Glasses
ConditionMyopia
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-25
SponsorReis Augenklinik AG
About this trial
The last decades have seen a significant increase in myopia in children and young adults. Possible cause: increased near-work (school, computer, smartphone). Rationale: Reading glasses support the accommodative effort of the eyes. By wearing reading glasses, there is less interference with the young eye´s physiological axial growth despite increased near-work. Main objective: does the use of reading glasses during near-work in children and adolescents reduce the incidence of myopia.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Children of both sexes from the age of 6
Children whose parents have read and signed the declaration of consent
Spherical equivalent of refraction <-0.5 dpt.
Distant vision in both eyes without correction 1.0
Disqualifiers
Children who already wear glasses
Astigmatism over 1.5 diopters
Anisometropy greater than 1.5 diopters
Eye diseases that affect refraction development
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Reading glasses, +2.0 diopters
DeviceThe participants in the glasses-group are asked to wear the reading glasses during near-work.
Treatment groups
1,500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: GlassesActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Development of myopia
Number of participants which develop myopia within the follow-up period of five years
Time frame
Five yearsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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