Patches less effective for the treatment of amblyopia
Contact: Media Relations American Academy of Ophthalmology mediaaao 415-561-8534 SAN FRANCISCO (USA) Children aged three and seven with severe lazy eye, or amblyopia, can be dealt with as effectively as a daily regimen of six hours patch or patches to a system full time for all waking hours. This is the conclusion of a study by the Group on Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator appears in Ophthalmology in November 2003. Ophthalmology is the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. EyeD. Association.done in this randomized clinical trial in 30 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, 175 children with a visual acuity of 20/100 to 20/400 amblyopic eye patches were prescribed for six hours or full time schedules. At least three minutes before four
percent of children in the United States suffer from amblyopia, a condition in vision, most often due to the crossing of the eyes or one eye is not corrected with refractive errors (ie farsightedness, astigmatism or high myopia).After four months, the improvement in visual acuity in the group of six hours was almost identical to the full group improve over time. Jonathan M. Holmes, MD, pediatric ophthalmologist at the Mayo Clinic and co-chair of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator, said compensation for fewer hours facilitates the implementation of the monitoring of treatment and respect for parents. Mr. Holmes, who chaired the study, said, moreover, the notice should be that if the child does not respond to six hours a day, to increase the intensity of mixing should be
considered.But for severe amblyopia, it is useful to start with six hours per day patch rather than full-time fixes.This is the latest in a series of important research results that preserve the vision of children with amblyopia, said Paul A. Sieben, MD, Ph.D., director of the National Eye Institute (NEI) National Institutes of Health The federal agency that funded the study. According to the academy spokesman
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