RCT to assess effects of undercorrection or full correction of hypermetropic & astigmatic refractive errors in children on time to optimum acuity, change in refractive error, compliance & acceptance of glasses & achievement of normal vision at 1 year

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN12271374

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-30

Start date

2005-03-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Eye Diseases: Hypermetropia Eye Diseases Hypermetropia

Interventions

Trial status amended to 'stopped' as of 05/04/2013 due to notification of lack of funding. Initial undercorrection vs full correction

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Opportunistic sample of children aged between 3.5 and 6 years with simple hypermetropia and/or astigmatism as their only ocular diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Manifest strabismus excluding non-accommodative microtropia and extropia, amblyopia which needs occlusion treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to optimum acuity, change in refractive error, compliance & acceptance of glasses, achievement of normal vision at one year.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026