Myopia control: Making an impact

New four-year study data has recently been released which appears to show the significant impact of a soft contact lens management approach to slowing the progression of myopia in children, including those whose treatment begins at a later age.

CooperVision presented the findings at the recent BCLA Asia conference in Singapore at which the increasing prevalence of myopia worldwide was one of the most widely discussed issues.

MiSight trial

Dual focus contact lenses have been available for some time. They work by correcting the on-axis refractive error fully but also create a hyperopic defocus in the periphery which is thought to slow down the axial length growth of the eye which results in increasing myopia. Such a lens is the CooperVision MiSight, currently commercially available in selected countries, including the UK (figure 1).