April 30, 2025
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Key takeaways:
- Individuals who wore the lenses had a median of 1.95 D much less myopia development and 0.81 mm much less axial elongation.
- The lenses will not be authorised by the FDA however can be found in additional than 45 international locations.
New long-term information on Essilor Stellest spectacle lenses present efficacy in slowing myopia development for as much as 6 years in Chinese language members, together with into younger maturity, based on EssilorLuxottica.
At 6 years, the lenses slowed myopia development by a median of 57%, akin to 1.95 D (Smotherman et al.), and slowed axial elongation by a median of 52%, akin to 0.81 mm (Shamp et al.). Individuals had been in contrast with a single imaginative and prescient lens management group extrapolated from the primary 2 years of the trial.
Lengthy-term information on Essilor Stellest spectacle lenses present efficacy in slowing myopia development for as much as 6 years. Picture: Adobe Inventory
By the top of 6 years, sufferers within the examine had been aged 14 to 19 years, based on EssilorLuxottica.
“These outcomes underscore the numerous and sustained affect of Essilor Stellest lenses in controlling myopia development, providing precious insights into methods for addressing the worldwide myopia epidemic,” EssilorLuxottica stated in an announcement to Healio.
The info had been introduced earlier this month on the Congress of Ophthalmology and Optometry China. A seventh yr of the examine is anticipated to yield additional long-term information.
“The sturdy response at COOC 2025 highlights the widespread adoption of Essilor Stellest lenses as a trusted, confirmed software for [eye care professionals] in China and worldwide, supporting long-term myopia administration,” Olga Prenat, head of medical {and professional} affairs at EssilorLuxottica, stated within the launch.
The FDA has not but authorised any spectacle lenses for myopia management. The company has granted breakthrough gadget designation to Essilor Stellest lenses and SightGlass Imaginative and prescient’s (CooperVision) lenses with diffusion optics expertise.
The Essilor Stellest lens consists of a single imaginative and prescient zone carrying the wearer’s prescription together with a myopia development management zone, the corporate informed Healio. The latter zone works utilizing extremely aspherical lenslet goal, or HALT, expertise, which “creates a quantity of non-focused gentle in entrance of the retina and following its form,” slowing elongation of the attention and ensuing myopia.
Not too long ago printed information (Li et al.) additionally confirmed that, at 5 years, 38% of the extrapolated single imaginative and prescient lens management group had myopia of –6 D or worse vs. 9% of these sporting Essilor Stellest lenses.
One other latest examine (Huang et al.) demonstrated that sporting or switching to the lenses “not solely slows central and temporal elongation of the attention but in addition positively impacts peripheral eye size and refraction,” examine co-author Björn Drobe, PhD, director, utilized myopia analysis at EssilorLuxottica, stated within the launch.
“This, mixed with our 6-year scientific information and different latest research, marks a major step ahead in understanding the total scope of how Essilor Stellest lenses handle myopia development, additional confirming their long-term efficacy,” Drobe stated.
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