Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
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Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. · Nov 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyA randomized trial of the effect of soft contact lenses on myopia progression in children.
Soft contact lenses have been reported to increase the progression of myopia. The purpose of this study was to determine whether soft contact lenses affect the progression of myopia in children. ⋯ These data provide reassurance to eye care practitioners concerned with the phenomenon of "myopic creep." Soft contact lens wear by children does not cause a clinically relevant increase in axial length, corneal curvature, or myopia relative to spectacle lens wear. (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00522288.).