Effect of High Add Power, Medium Add Power, or Single-Vision Contact Lenses on Myopia Progression in Children: The BLINK Randomized Clinical Trial

IMPORTANCE: Slowing myopia progression could decrease the risk of sight-threatening complications. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether soft multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression in children, and whether high add power (+2.50 D) slows myopia progression more than medium (+1.50 D) add power le...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2020-08, Vol.324 (6), p.571-580
Main Authors: Walline, Jeffrey J, Walker, Maria K, Mutti, Donald O, Jones-Jordan, Lisa A, Sinnott, Loraine T, Giannoni, Amber Gaume, Bickle, Katherine M, Schulle, Krystal L, Nixon, Alex, Pierce, Gilbert E, Berntsen, David A
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Language:English
Subjects:
Astigmatism
Child
Children
Clinical trials
Complications
Contact lenses
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic - adverse effects
Disease Progression
Double-Blind Method
Equivalence
Eye
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Myopia
Myopia - rehabilitation
Ohio
Optometry
Original Investigation
Refraction, Ocular
Risk reduction
Sample Size
Schools
Statistical analysis
Texas
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vision
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