Enhancement of Emmetropization in Hyperopic Infants

Stopped early · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Hyperopia, Hypermetropia, Farsightedness

In brief

To determine if wearing a moderate spectacle under-correction (3.00D) and performing activities designed to stimulate accurate accommodation during a 15-month period will enhance emmetropization in highly hyperopic (between +5.00D and +7.00D) 3-month old infants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00574717

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

6

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-19

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 3 months of age (between 8 weeks and 20 weeks)at the baseline examination
• Either gender, any ethnicity
• Birthweight greater than 2500g
• Normal pregnancy and delivery (including Cesarean section delivery but excluding serious complications or conditions such as eclampsia or rubella)
• Hyperopia of +5.00D or more but less than +7.00D spherical equivalent refractive error in each eye by cycloplegic retinoscopy using cyclopentolate 1%
• Currently under the care of a pediatrician

You may not qualify if…

• Anisometropia greater than 1.00D (difference in spherical equivalent)
• Strabismus
• Previous history of difficulty with pupillary dilation
• History of cardiac, liver, asthma, or other respiratory disease
• History of ocular disease or active ocular inflammation

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University College of Optometry — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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