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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00574717
Date of registration: 11/12/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ohio State University
Public title: Enhancement of Emmetropization in Hyperopic Infants
Scientific title: Enhancement of Emmetropization in Hyperopic Infants
Date of first enrolment: December 2007
Target sample size: 6
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00574717
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD
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Affiliation:  The Ohio State University College of Optometry
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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

Exclusion Criteria:

- 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



Age minimum: 8 Weeks
Age maximum: 20 Weeks
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Farsightedness
Hypermetropia
Hyperopia
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Spectacles
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome will be to determine if the criterion level for emmetropization (=+3.00D by 18 months of age) is met and maintained by at least 70% of treated infants. [Time Frame: 15 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2004H0157
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation
Ethics review
Results
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