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2024年11月1日 · Axial Elongation in Adult Myopia . Regular eye exams are important for all adults, particularly those experiencing myopia progression. During these visits, it is important for clinicians to measure axial length, due to its association with pathologic myopia. 3 An optical biometer can best measure axial length changes, but not all practices have one. . Among optometry practices that do utilize ...

6 天之前 · Volumetric myopia defocus dosage — a corneal tomography parameter used to quantify corneal power shift in patients undergoing orthokeratology (ortho-k) — is negatively associated with axial elongation after 24 months, showing that it may predict future axial elongation, according to research published in Eye and Vision.. Researchers included 80 participants (age range, 6-<11 years) from 2 ...

2025年1月15日 · In the last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a visual field analyzer that uses only objective parameters to determine visual field loss, cleared a mapping and data module for a corneal optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, granted rare pediatric disease designation for a novel gene therapy for inherited retinal dystrophy, and approved a generic equivalent for ...

2025年1月17日 · Prior to launching perfluorohexyloctane, prescription dry eye treatments were aimed at reducing inflammation and increasing tear production. Even though targeting these areas can be beneficial, they do not specifically address the evaporative component of DED. 5 Perfluorohexyloctane, however, not only treats both the signs and symptoms of dry eye, but targets this element, which previous ...

2023年12月15日 · Treatments were decided based on the results of this data analysis and patients were monitored every 3 to 6 months for progression, which was defined as 0.25 D or greater myopia spherical equivalent progression (as assessed with cycloplegic autorefraction) or greater than 0.10 mm axial elongation in 6 months. Children who showed progression while on one treatment, received a change in treatment.

2024年12月30日 · Participants fit with spherical and toric lenses demonstrated similar decentration at both the 1-week (0.51 vs 0.48 mm; P =.60) and 1-month follow-up visits (0.57 vs 0.54 mm; P =.64), the report shows.Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis showed that the magnitude of the corneal asymmetry vector significantly correlated with treatment zone decentration at 1 week (b, 0.44; P <.001) and ...

2023年11月22日 · As optometrists struggle with the demand created by an emerging myopia epidemic, repeated low-level red light therapy may provide an alternative to contact lens wear or atropine treatment for slowing axial progression and spherical equivalent refraction (SER). While the treatment has yet to receive US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, it has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials ...

2024年12月9日 · Drug Regulatory Updates. PL9643: Dry Eye Disease. Palatin Technologies, Inc. has received confirmation from the FDA regarding the acceptability of the protocols and endpoints for signs and symptoms of PL9643 in its phase 3 pivotal clinical trials for dry eye disease (DED). 1 The remaining phase 3 clinical trials, MELODY-2 and MELODY-3, include endpoints related to both signs and symptoms of ...

2024年10月4日 · An optometry student can learn a lot in a lab or clinical research setting, but their contact with patients will ultimately guide their clinical decision-making skills and shape their perspectives, according to Andrew Rixon, OD, FAAO, Diplomate (Glaucoma), this year’s recipient of the Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award.