Low-lever red light therapy (LLLT) has been used to control myopia progression in China for a few years besides amblyopia therapy for a few decades. This study is to test the efficacy of PBM therapy to myopia children as well as to compare two types of PBM therapy to control myopia progression within one month.
LLLT utilized the 650-nm red light to provide sufficient energy to stimulate the tissue without causing damage to the surrounding tissues. And several researchers reported the long-term efficacy of LLLT in slowing the progression of myopia to date. These studies were reported various illumination and irradiance. This study is to test the efficacy of LLLT comparing to the control group as well as to test whether two types of lighting design will be different to the efficacy and safety.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
83
low lever light therapy with laser semi-conductor at wavelength of 650nm
Provide the distance best corrected vision acuity of refractive error of myopia for all the groups
Eye & ENT hospital of Fudan university
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGChanges in axial length (mm)
Changes of axial length at 1-Month follow-up from baseline with IOLmaster 500 Axial length measurement at baseline and at follow-up with IOLmaster(Carl Zeiss). Five measurements were taken and averaged. The changes will be calculated by the formula as below: Change in axial length ( mm ) = Axial length value at follow-up baseline
Time frame: at 1-month Follow-up
Changes in cycloplegic autorefraction (diopters, D)
Objective refraction measured by using Autorefractor. Five measurements are obtained for each eye and the average of spherical equivalence was used for statistical analysis. The measurements will be both with cycloplegia at baseline and at follow-up. The changes in cycloplegic autorefraction are calculated in the mean value of each group.
Time frame: at 1-month Follow-up and at baseline
Changes of choroidal thickness under macular foveal (um)
Swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography were used To measure choroidal fovea thickness at baseline and at follow-up. To avoid the effects of circadian rhythm on the results, OCT scanning was performed twice by the same investigator between 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. at baseline and 1-month follow-up. Two independent skilled professionals measured the sub-foveal choroidal thickness (SFChT) using a linear measurement program during the OCT scan. To increase the visibility of the choroid, the enhanced depth imaging mode was used. We defined the thinnest part of the macula in the image as the fovea. The SFChT was measured from the outermost part of the retinal pigment epithelium to the inner layer of the the choroidoscleral interface.
Time frame: at 1-month Follow-up and at baseline
Changes of cornea power
Changes in the central anterior cornea power by the value measured from auto-refraction. The mean values will be recorded as well as the mean values at follow-up of 1 month
Time frame: at 1-month Follow-up and at baseline
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Change in retina fovea perfusion density (RFPD, %)
Swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography is used to measure retina fovea perfusion density (RFPD). The TowardPi OCTA allow for the in vivo visualization of three-dimensional (3-D) vascular networks in the retina and choroid. The OCTA images were acquired by the TowardPi-3D spatial identification algorithm. The retina vessels and choriocapillaris were identified by higher order moments decorrelation algorithm. The medium- and large-sized choroid vessels from Sattler's layer and Haller's layer were visualized by 3D threshold segmentation algorithm. In this study, the retinal and choroidal images were obtained with an area of 18\*18 mm centered on the fovea. In addition, for a comprehensive analysis of the macular zone, we adopted the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) grid using the instrument's software which was adjusted for each individual participant's ocular magnification.
Time frame: at 1-month Follow-up and at baseline