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February 2022 Virtual event Presentation

How to Monitor Children Undergoing Myopia Management

Video title slide: how to monitor children undergoing myopia management

By Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA, United States

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About the presentation

Learn about tools and strategies for monitoring the myopia progression of your patients, assessing the effectiveness of their treatments and modifying their treatments to maximize their effectiveness. Thomas Aller is a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, a scientific and clinical advisor to Treehouse Eyes and consults with multiple companies developing devices and treatments for myopia.

What is the longest myopia management case you have?
Well, I do have some patients whom I have been treating for up to 30 years, though they were not necessarily in myopia management treatment during their mid years.
Do you routinely measure axial length on four to six year-olds irrespective of whether they are hyperopic, astigmatic and so forth?
Yes, I do. International Myopia Institute defines pre-myopia as when a child is failing to slow their decreasing hyperopia before reaching emmetropia. Especially, if I know the child has, for example, three siblings  that are all -5.00 D and he is already +0.5 D, I will definitely try to measure axial length. You may not get multiple measurements but even one is better than nothing.
Do you recommend backup spectacles for children in myopia control contact lenses? For example, if they have a 'bad contact lens day'?

Yes, they should have a pair of spectacles certainly. If they do not have a way to see without them, they will wear them when they should not. They will wear a torn lens, they will pick a lens from off the floor and so on. It’s almost a health & safety issue to have a set of reasonable backup spectacles. They will wear their contact lenses almost all the time anyway.

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References

Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) Myopia Calculator
https://bhvi.org/myopia-calculator-resources/

MyopiaProfile Myopia Risk Assessment Worksheet
https://www.myopiaprofile.com/product/myopia-risk-assessment/

Myopia Care Control Protocol https://www.myopiaprofile.com/product/myopia-risk-assessment/

CooperVision The Brilliant Futures™ Myopia Management Programme
https://coopervision.co.uk/brilliantfutures

Zadnik K, Mutti DO, Mitchell GL, Jones LA, Burr D, Moeschberger ML. Normal eye growth in emmetropic schoolchildren. Optom Vis Sci. 2004 Nov;81(11):819-28.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15545807/

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CooperVision Vision Simulatorhttps://coopervision.co.uk/practitioner/clinical-resources/myopia-in-children/myopia-simulator

Ocumetra mEYE Guide https://ocumetra.com/

Aller T et al Myopia management with naturalvue (etafilcon a) multifocal 1 day contact lenses: continuing evidence from clinical practice, CLAE vol 42, issue 6, supplement 1, E24, December 2019. https://www.contactlensjournal.com/article/S1367-0484(19)30431-X/fulltext

Chamberlain P, Peixoto-de-Matos SC, Logan NS, Ngo C, Jones D, Young G. A 3-year Randomized Clinical Trial of MiSight Lenses for Myopia Control. Optom Vis Sci. 2019 Aug;96(8):556-567. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31343513/

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When to wear it

Children who are physically active
Ideal for very young wearers
Children disliking glasses and/or inclined to not wearing them full-time

Considerations

Shown to improve confidence and ability to participate in activities.

Typically more availability for astigmats.

No wearing time during waking hours.

Optical correction is still needed.

* Excluding children frequently engaged in water sports.

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