Evaluating the Success of Habitual Multifocal Wearers When Refit With a New Lens Design

Not Applicable

Completed

Brief Summary: The objective of the study was to adapt existing multifocal soft lens wearers to a CONTROL lens for 2 weeks and then evaluate the success of switching them to the TEST lens, with a review after 2 weeks.

Detailed Description: This was a prospective, crossover, bilateral daily wear, and subject masked dispensing study. The habitual contact lenses were not optimized. There was no randomization of the study lenses, participants wore the control lenses for the first wear period and the test for the second wear period. Participants wore each study lens for 3-7 days and then attend a prescription optimization visit. After this optimization visit, they wore each study lens for a 2-week period. During the 2-week wear period, participants recorded their subjective lens-wear experience remotely.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Is at least 42 years of age and has full legal capacity to volunteer;
Has read and signed an information consent letter;
Self reports having a full eye examination in the previous two years;
Anticipates being able to wear the study lenses for at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week;
Is willing and able to follow instructions and maintain the appointment schedule;
Habitually wears multifocal soft contact lenses, for the past 3 months minimum;
Has refractive astigmatism no higher than -0.75DC;
Is presbyopic and requires a reading addition of at least +0.75D and no more than

+2.50D;
Can be fit and achieve binocular distance vision of at least 20/30 Snellen (or +0.20 logMAR) which participants also deem to be 'acceptable', with the available study lens parameters (powers +4.00 to -6.00DS)

Exclusion Criteria

Is participating in any concurrent clinical or research study;
Has any known active* ocular disease and/or infection that contraindicates contact lens wear;
Has a systemic condition that in the opinion of the investigator may affect a study outcome variable;
Is using any systemic or topical medications that in the opinion of the investigator may affect contact lens wear or a study outcome variable;
Has known sensitivity to the diagnostic sodium fluorescein used in the study;
Self-reports as pregnant, lactating or planning a pregnancy at the time of enrolment;
Has undergone refractive error surgery or intraocular surgery.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Lens	Test lenses	All subjects will wear control lenses for two weeks and then will wear Test lenses for two weeks.
Test Lens	Control lenses	After wearing control lenses for two weeks, all subjects will wear test lenses for two weeks.
Test Lens	Test lenses	After wearing control lenses for two weeks, all subjects will wear test lenses for two weeks.
Control Lens	Control lenses	All subjects will wear control lenses for two weeks and then will wear Test lenses for two weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comfort on Insertion	Day 1 after Lens Dispense Visit	Subjective ratings of comfort on insertion using a 0-10 scale, in 0.5 steps (0=- painful, 10- Can't feel the lenses).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

Locations (5): Kannarr Eye care
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Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
ProCare Vision Center
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Granville, Ohio, United States
Coan EyeCare
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Ocoee, Florida, United States
Nittany Eye Associates
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College, Pennsylvania, United States
Sacco Eye Group PLLC
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Vestal, New York, United States