Assessment of Accommodation Behavior in Children Under Myopia Control Treatment (Pilot Study)

NCT ID: NCT04807361

Last Updated: 2023-01-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-01

Study Completion Date

2022-12-12

Brief Summary

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This study will examine the accommodative behavior in children undergoing myopia control treatments. A subset of children showing reduced accommodation, known to occur in while wearing multifocal soft contact lenses (MFCL) from previous studies, will undergo auditory biofeedback training to improve the accommodative response and possibly improve treatment efficacy. The results of this study will be used to design a larger clinical trial.

Aim 1 - The accommodation response in myopic children being treated with MFCL for six months or longer, will be determined. The accommodative response data will be collected while the patients are wearing the MFCL and will be compared to the baseline control response when the subjects wear single vision soft contact lenses (SVCL). Additional comparisons will include accommodative measures in untreated myopic children wearing spectacle corrections (unttreated controls), children being treated with ortho-keratology contact lenses, and children treated with low-dose atropine (0.01%, considered not to affect accommodation). How these additional myopia treatments affect the accommodation response has yet to be determined.

Aim 2 - Children treated with MFCL who show reduced accommodative responses will undergo a brief period of auditory biofeedback accommodative training to determine whether the response in children can be improved and how long it can be sustained. Improving the accommodative response in these patients may improve the treatment efficacy by increasing the effect of the positive power addition built into the lenses.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Accomodation Biofeedback Training Myopia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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(1) Multifocal soft contact lenses (MFCLs)

Assess accommodative function of myopic children wearing MFCLs for myopia control treatment. Accommodative stimulus-response functions and accommodative lags will be determined during one, one hour measurement session for four stimulus distances using an IR video refractometer (PowerRefractor). MFCL subjects will also be tested while wearing SVCL distance corrections for comparison.

Auditory biofeedback traing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects who wear MFCLs for myopia control will receive one episode of auditory biofeedback training, and their accommodative responses to various demands (0, 2.5, 3, and 4 D) before and after the training were measured using a power refractor.

(2) orthokeratology

Assess accommodative function of myopic children wearing Orthokeratology for myopia control treatment.

No interventions assigned to this group

(3) low-dose atropine

Assess accommodative function of myopic children using low-dose atropine eye drops for myopia control treatment.

No interventions assigned to this group

(4) single vision spectacle correction (control)

Assess accommodative function of myopic children wearing single vision spectacle lenses.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Auditory biofeedback traing

Subjects who wear MFCLs for myopia control will receive one episode of auditory biofeedback training, and their accommodative responses to various demands (0, 2.5, 3, and 4 D) before and after the training were measured using a power refractor.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Best corrected monocular Snellen visual acuity (VA) ≧ 20/25
* Age 8 - 15 years
* Refractive error spherical equivalent between -0.75 D and -10 D
* Astigmatism ≤ 0.75 D
* Age-appropriate amplitude of accommodation
* No suspected or confirmed eye disease (anamnesis)
* No accommodative or binocular function abnormalities
* Agreement to participate in the study (informed consent of parents, assent of child)
* Children who are currently under myopia control treatment should already be so for ≥ 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Persons who are incapable of giving consent
* Refractive error spherical equivalent \< -10 D and \> -0.75 D
* Astigmatism \> 0.75 D
* Abnormal binocular functions
* Medication affecting accommodative response or causing dry eye
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital Tuebingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

State University of New York College of Optometry

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Xiaoying Zhu, OD, PhD, MD, MS, FAAO

Assistant Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stewart Bloomfield, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

State University of New York College of Optometry

Locations

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State University of New York, College of Optometry

Long Beach, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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IRBNET ID 1525840

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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