This study seeks to evaluate the clinical and subjective performance of a new daily disposable soft contact lens.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
contact lens
contact lens
Centre for Contact Lens Research
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Limbal Hyperemia
Measures the redness of the limbal region of the eye on a scale of 0 to 100 grade with 0=none and 100=severe. The analysis is the average grade over all time frames.
Time frame: At 2 weeks and 4 weeks
Lens Comfort
Rating of lens comfort by rating agreement to the following statement: "The lenses I am wearing are comfortable." Rating using the following scale: 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neutral, 4=disagree, 5=strongly disagree. The rating is averaged over all time frames.
Time frame: At 3,7,10,13,17,21,24, and 27 days
Upper Lid Margin Staining
Measures the trauma to tissue that lines the margin of the inside of the upper eyelid on a 0 to 3 scale, with 0=none to 3=severe. The analysis is the average grade over all time frames.
Time frame: At 2 weeks and 4 weeks.
Tarsal Roughness
Measures the amount of roughness to the tissue of the inside upper and lower eyelid on a scale of 0 to 100 with 0=none and 100=severe. The analysis is the average grade over all time frames.
Time frame: At 2 weeks and 4 weeks
Tarsal Hyperemia
Measures the amount of redness to the tissue of the inside upper and lower eyelid using a 0 to 100 scale with 0=none and 100=severe.
Time frame: At 2 weeks and 4 weeks.
Corneal Staining
A measure of corneal abrasion using a 0 to 100 scale with 0=none, 25=micropunctate, 50=macropunctate, 75=coalescence, 100=patch. The analysis is the average grade over all time frames.
Time frame: At 2 weeks and 4 weeks.
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