Myopic Shift at 10-Year Follow-up in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study

Abstract

We studied the myopic shift and anisometropia at 10.6 (+/-0.3) years of age in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. We found myopic shift continues in the operated eye from 5-10.5 years at a lower rate than that prior to age five years while anisometropia increases proportionally. The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS) is a randomized clinical trial initially designed to compare outcomes in infants under seven months of age who underwent primary implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL) versus being left aphakic and receiving a contact lens correction following cataract surgery in infancy.1 Patients were enrolled from 2004 through 2009 with the last 10-year follow-up exam completed in 2019. The study design was approved by the institutional review boards of the 12 participating sites and followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The off-label use of the AcrySof SN60AT and MA60AC IOLs (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth Tx.) was covered under the United States Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption. The trial is registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier, NCT00212134).