Axial Growth and Myopia Progression After Discontinuing Soft Multifocal Contact Lens Wear.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

For myopia control to be beneficial, it would be important that the benefit of treatment (slowed eye growth) is not lost because of faster than normal growth (rebound) after discontinuing treatment.

Objective

To determine whether there is a loss of treatment effect (rebound) after discontinuing soft multifocal contact lenses in children with myopia.

Design, setting, and participants

The Bifocal Lenses in Nearsighted Kids 2 (BLINK2) cohort study involved children with myopia (aged 11-17 years at BLINK2 baseline) who completed the BLINK Study randomized clinical trial. Enrollment was from September 2019 through January 2021; follow-up was completed in January 2024. In the BLINK2 Study, all children wore high-add (+2.50 diopter [D]) multifocal soft contact len

SUBMITTER: Berntsen DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843368 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature