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Low-dose atropine 0.01% for the treatment of childhood myopia: A pan-India multicentric retrospective study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024) Rohit Saxena; Vinay Gupta; Rebika Dhiman; Elizabeth Joseph; Sumita Agarkar; R. Neena; Damaris Magdalene; Jitendra Jethani; Sandra C. Ganesh; Minal Patil; Pooja Gogri; Shailesh Gadaginamath; Pradhnya Sen; Jaspreet Sukhija; Deepak Mishra; Jyoti H. Matalia; Anupam Sahu; Smita Kapoor; Shruti Nishanth; Shweta Chaurasia; Neelam Pawar; Nilutparna Deori; Viswanathan Sivaraman; Anamika Bordoloi; Shailja Tibrewal; Davinder Singh; Priyanka Prasad; Swati Phuljhele; Namrata Sharma
Objective The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of low-dose atropine 0.01% in controlling myopia progression among Indian children over a 2-year period. Methods This retrospective study, conducted across 20 centres in India, monitored the progression of myopia over 2 years after initiating treatment with 0.01% atropine eye drops. This included children between 6 and 14 years with baseline myopia ranging from -0.5 D to -6 D, astigmatism≤-1.5 D, anisometropia ≤ -1 D and documented myopia progression of ≥0.5 D in the year prior to starting atropine. Subjects with any other ocular pathologies were excluded. Results A total of 732 children were included in the data analysis. The mean age of the subjects was 9.3±2.7 years. The mean myopia progression at baseline (1 year before starting atropine) was -0.75±0.31 D. The rate of myopia progression was higher in younger subjects and those with higher baseline myopic error. After initiating atropine, myopia progression significantly decreased to -0.27±0.14 D at the end of the first year and -0.24±0.15 D at the end of the second year (p<0.001). Younger children (p<0.001) and higher baseline myopia (p<0.001) was associated with greater myopia progression and poor treatment response (p<0.001 for both). Conclusion Low-dose atropine (0.01%) effectively reduces myopia progression over 2 years in Indian children. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.