Active clinical trials for "Myopia"

This study will include patients who will undergo PRK in both eyes, for each patient each eye will be randomly allocated to one of 2 procedures: topography-guided ablation in one eye (group I) and Q-factor customized ablation in the other eye (group II). Alcon/Wavelight Light Laser Technolo¬gie (GmbH, Erlangen, Germany) will be used for photoablation. The wavelight Topolyzer (Wavelight AG, Erlan¬gen, Germany)and CSO Sirius scheimpflug camera combined with Placido corneal topography (CSO, Florence,Italy) will be used before and 1, 3 and 6 months after PRK. Refrac¬tive visual outcomes and corneal aberration changes will be compared between the two treatment modalities.

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the blue-light filtering spectacle lenses promote myopia progression in schoolchildren.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of intravitreal injections of bevacizumab in High Myopia´s choroidal neovascularization versus the standard treatment of Photodynamic therapy.

Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) are currently the 2 main refractive surgeries to correct myopia which are being performed worldwide, with more patients preferring LASIK to PRK because of better comfort and faster rehabilitation. However, in post-LASIK patients, there is a low risk of flap dislodgement. This risk increases with certain occupations which have a higher risk of trauma. Hence, there may be a role for PRK for people which such occupations, e.g. soldiers, parachutists, sportsman. There are several non-randomised studies which show that PRK is as efficacious, predictable and safe as LASIK for low to moderate myopes. But there have been only a few randomized controlled studies to compare the efficacy and safety of the 2 treatment modalities and all studies comparing LASIK and PRK suffer from a high dropout rate during the follow-up period. We compared the efficacy, predictability, stability and safety of LASIK versus PRK over a one year duration with almost 100% attendance during all follow-up visits.

This is a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of Neurovision treatment in the improvement of vision in children being under-corrected and to assess the effectiveness of Neurovision treatment in slowing down myopia progression in children.

The objective of this study is to conduct a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy fo the VISX Excimer Laser system for the treatment of naturally occurring low to moderate myopia, with or without low levels of astigmatism, in U.S. Army personnel.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Epi-Lasik in U.S. Army personnel who have naturally occurring myopia with or without astigmatism. The data from this control group will be collected in such a way as to be comparable to data sets from study groups undergoing wavefront guided PRK, conventional PRK, and related laser refractive surgery procedures.

To evaluate whether progressive addition lenses (PALs) slow the rate of progression of juvenile-onset myopia (nearsightedness) when compared with single vision lenses, as measured by cycloplegic autorefraction. An additional outcome measure is axial length, as measured by A-scan ultrasonography. To describe the natural history of juvenile-onset myopia in a group of children receiving conventional treatment (single vision lenses).

In Hong Kong, approximately 80% of children are myopic by the end of childhood. There is intense interest currently in the potential role of peripheral defocus as a clinical treatment to slow myopia progression. One of the most successful treatments for myopia is orthokeratology. Currently, Breath-O correct lenses are new designed ready-made orthokeratology lenses. This study is to evaluate the safety of wearing this new orthokeratology lens and the effectiveness of clinical performance in young adult.

The purpose is to assess the effect of part-time compared to full-time spectacle use in juvenile myopia control.