Two-Year Results of 0.01% Atropine Eye Drops and 0.1% Loading Dose for Myopia Progression Reduction in Danish Children: A Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial

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  • Niklas Cyril Hansen
  • Anders Hvid-Hansen
  • Flemming Møller
  • Toke Bek
  • Dorte Ancher Larsen
  • Nina Jacobsen
  • Kessel, Line
We investigated the two-year safety and efficacy of 0.1% loading dose and 0.01% low-dose atropine eye drops in Danish children for reduction in myopia progression in an investigator-initiated, placebo-controlled, double-masked, randomized clinical trial. Ninety-seven six- to twelve-year old myopic participants were randomized to 0.1% loading dose for six months and then 0.01% for eighteen months (loading dose group, N = 33), 0.01% for two years (0.01% group, N = 32) or placebo for two years (placebo, N = 32). Axial length (AL) and spherical equivalent refraction (SER) were primary outcomes. Secondary outcomes included adverse events and reactions, choroidal thickness, and other ocular biometrical measures. Outcomes were measured from baseline and at six-month intervals. Individual eyes nested by participant ID were analyzed with linear-mixed model analysis. Data were analyzed with intention-to-treat. Mean AL was 0.08 mm less (95% confidence interval (CI): −0.01; 0.17, p-value = 0.08) in the 0.1% loading dose and 0.10 mm less (95% CI: 0.01; 0.19, p-value = 0.02) in the 0.01% group after two years of treatment compared to placebo. Mean SER progression was 0.12 D (95% CI: −0.10; 0.33) less in the loading dose and 0.26 D (95% CI: 0.04; 0.48) less in the 0.01% groups after two years of treatment compared to placebo (p-value = 0.30 and 0.02, respectively). In total, 17 adverse events were reported in the second-year follow-up, and all were rated as mild. Adjusting for iris color did not affect treatment effect estimates. Intra-ocular pressure increased over two years comparably between all groups but remained within normal limits. Two-year treatment with 0.01% low-dose atropine eye drops is a safe and moderately efficacious intervention in Danish children for reducing myopia progression.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer175
TidsskriftJournal of Personalized Medicine
Vol/bind14
Udgave nummer2
Antal sider14
ISSN2075-4426
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

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Funding Information:
This research was funded by Bagenkop Nielsens Øjen-Fond, Fight for Sight Denmark, Fonden for Faglig Udvikling i Speciallægepraksis, The Danish Research Foundation, Synoptik-Fonden, Danish Regions, Gangstedfonden, Reimbursement from Regional COVID-19 funds, Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond, and A.P. Møller Fonden (Lægefonden). Publication costs were part of the fund applications and funded the APC.

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