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To compare the efficacy and safety of repeated low-level red-light therapy against peripheral defocus modifying spectacles in halting medium to high myopia progression.

January 1, 2025Visual NeuroscienceOpen Access

Efficacy comparison between repeated low-level red-light therapy and peripheral defocus spectacles to slow the progression of medium to high myopia in Chinese children

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JYJun YuNantong University BLBin LiUniversity of Oxford XLXiangbo LiDalian University of Technology

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Randomized trial demonstrates superior myopia control and axial shortening with red-light therapy in children, suggesting greater efficacy than peripheral defocus spectacles.

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To compare the efficacy and safety of repeated low-level red-light therapy against peripheral defocus modifying spectacles in halting medium to high myopia progression.
Randomized controlled trial allocating 25 children with myopia ≥ −4.00 diopters (1:1) to either daily repeated low-level red-light therapy (RLRL) alongside single-vision spectacles (n=13) or peripheral defocus modifying spectacles (PDMSL; n=12).
Ophthalmic evaluations, including axial length and spherical equivalent refraction, were assessed at baseline, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
Spherical equivalent refraction change at 12 months was +0.28 ± 0.50 D in the RLRL arm versus −0.79 ± 0.48 D in the PDMSL arm (p < 0.001).
Axial length change at 12 months was −0.18 ± 0.17 mm with RLRL compared with +0.34 ± 0.13 mm with PDMSL (p < 0.001), indicating axial shortening in the red-light group.
No treatment-related adverse events occurred in either study arm over the 12-month period.

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Yu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db83d45b363cdf1c835a6d https://doi.org/10.48130/vns-0025-0001

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Randomized trial demonstrates superior myopia control and axial shortening with red-light therapy in children, suggesting greater efficacy than peripheral defocus spectacles.

Efficacy comparison between repeated low-level red-light therapy and peripheral defocus spectacles to slow the progression of medium to high myopia in Chinese children

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Efficacy comparison between repeated low-level red-light therapy and peripheral defocus spectacles to slow the progression of medium to high myopia in Chinese children

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