A 12-month prospective clinical trial of comfilcon A silicone-hydrogel contact lenses worn on a 30-day continuous wear basis

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-118

  Brennan, Noel A ^a   Coles, M L Chantal ^a   Connor, Heather R M ^a   McIlroy, Robert G ^a  

^a Brennan Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Contact lens; Signs; Silicone hydrogel; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BALAFILCON A; BIOMATERIAL; COMFILCON A; FLUORIDE SODIUM; LOTRAFILCON A; OLOPATADINE; SILICONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA ULCER; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NIGHT VISION; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEA; CYSTS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SILICONES; STAINING AND LABELING; VISION;

EID: 34247113209     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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