NCT06498947

Brief Summary

The trend of myopia in children and its low age is a major social and public health problem in China. More seriously, retinopathy associated with high myopia has become the number one cause of irreversible blinding eye disease in adults in some parts of China. Physiological hyperopia has a protective effect on preventing the onset of myopia, and is one of the strongest predictors of myopia on its own, which is significant in curbing myopia from occurring at a younger age and preventing the development of high myopia before adulthood. However, it is not yet known how the physiological hyperopia changes in childhood, the stage at which the critical inflection point occurs, which key factors lead to the rapid fading of the physiological hyperopia and progression to myopia, and the strength of its effect. In the early stage of the study, the research group established a prospective cohort of preschoolers based on natural population sampling, which included a total of 2109 preschoolers aged 3-6 years from 22 kindergartens in a district in Beijing, and completed a 2-year follow-up, obtaining exploratory results on the changing pattern of physiological hyperopia and key influencing factors in younger children. The group will add new samples to the existing whole cohort sampling cohort and adopt the design scheme of prospective nested case-control study to determine the changing trend of fading trajectory of physiological hyperopia in school-age children, key inflection points and key risk factors, so as to provide new techniques for the prevention and control of childhood myopia.

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Enrollment
1,006

participants targeted

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Timeline
7mo left

Started Jun 2024

Typical duration for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress75%
Jun 2024Dec 2026

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 2024

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 5, 2024

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 12, 2024

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 1, 2025

Completed
2 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 31, 2026

Expected
Last Updated

July 12, 2024

Status Verified

January 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

7 months

First QC Date

July 5, 2024

Last Update Submit

July 5, 2024

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • myopia

    Myopia in this study was defined as an equivalent spherical lens degree ( SER ) error (sphere+1/2 cylinder) of at least - 0.5 diopters(D) in either eye.

    1 year

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Myopia Prevalence

    3 year

  • The change in ocular axis length

    3 year

  • The change in anterior chamber depth

    3 year

  • The change in corneal curvature

    3 year

  • The change in the ratio of axial length to corneal curvature

    3 year

Study Arms (3)

Group A

Group A is defined as those whose physiological hyperopia (sphere+1/2 cylinder) of at least - 0.5 diopters(D) in either eye.

Other: This study was observational with no intervention.

Group B

Group B is defined as whose physiological hyperopia exceeds 95% confidence interval for children of same age (Near Myopia).

Other: This study was observational with no intervention.

Group C

Group C is defined as whose physiological hyperopia exceeds 90% confidence interval for children of same age.

Other: This study was observational with no intervention.

Interventions

This study was observational with no intervention.

Group AGroup BGroup C

Eligibility Criteria

Age6 Years - 9 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study Population

The research group has already sampled 3-6 years old preschool children from 22 kindergartens in Haidian District, Beijing, and included them in the baseline cohort, which has been followed up continuously for 3 years. The research group will continue to add new samples to the existing cluster sampling cohort and reorganize the cohort of children aged 6-9 years old to conduct this study.

You may qualify if:

  • Children aged 6-9 years old, male or female;
  • Good cooperation in examination;
  • Parents cooperate and sign the informed consent form;

You may not qualify if:

  • Children with a history of drug allergy;
  • Pediatric patients with heart disease, cranial trauma or epilepsy, Down syndrome, or glaucoma will be excluded from the cohort.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Beijing Tongren Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100005, China

RECRUITING

Related Publications (16)

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Central Study Contacts

Huaying Xu, MD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 5, 2024

First Posted

July 12, 2024

Study Start

June 1, 2024

Primary Completion

January 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Last Updated

July 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

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