The number of patients experiencing significant refractive worsening was reduced nearly fourfold. This was consistently seen over mean follow-up of 2.4 years, but long-term durability still needs to be established.

These variables may help predict progression risk, researchers say.

Close monitoring is needed to prevent this course, especially for those with factors identified with repeated outbreaks, study finds.

Subjects demonstrated 0.24mm average reduction compared to controls. However, one quarter of kids still experienced high rates of progression and one third had only modest benefit.

A small study found notable levels of dropout at six months, owing to visual complications and regimen frustrations.

Development of confluent guttae and higher-order aberrations seemed to affect acuity the most, study finds. AS-OCT didn’t seem to help with assessment.

Epithelial remodeling may precede changes to anterior corneal surface topography, and identification could enable earlier diagnosis, study finds.

In 42% of outpatient visits and 67% of ED visits, eye pain was the primary reason for seeking care.

Progressive thinning of this area was an indication used for diagnosing and classifying type and severity of the condition.

Study also shows that smoking and diabetes are risk factors for the development of more severe stages of the condition.