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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
NCT04728451
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Spectacle Prescribing in Early Childhood

Sponsor: University of Arizona

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare developmental outcome for young children (12 to 35 months of age) with astigmatism meeting American Academy of Ophthalmology spectacle prescribing guidelines and who are prescribed and provided spectacles for either Full-Time wear (encouraged and reinforced) or Ad Lib wear (wear dependent on child acceptance).

Official title: Spectacle Prescribing in Early Childhood (SPEC)

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

12 Months - 35 Months

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

88

Start Date

2021-03-25

Completion Date

2027-02

Last Updated

2024-12-19

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Spectacle wear support

Parents of children in the full-time group are provided with encouragement, support, and counseling throughout the study in order to maximize their child's spectacle wear.

DEVICE

Spectacles

Children prescribed and provided spectacles with full correction of their refractive error, with the exception of prescriptions with ≥ +1.50D sphere (plus cylinder notation) in the least hyperopic eye, which will be symmetrically reduced by 1.00D

Locations (1)

The University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, United States