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Brad S Wilson

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PubMed2006

Estimation of the incidence and factors predictive of corneal scarring in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study.

PURPOSE: The multicenter Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study is a prospective, observational study of 1209 keratoconus patients. We report methods to define incident corneal scarring and baseline factors predictive of incident corneal scarring in nonsurgical eyes of CLEK Study keratoconus patients through their fifth year of follow-up. METHODS: Of the 1,209 patients, 878 patients with at least one unscarred cornea at baseline were included in this study. The cumulative 5-year incidence of scarring is defined as the proportion of patients who developed central corneal opacification as detected by a clinician examining the patient with a slit-lamp biomicroscope and by masked readings of corneal photographs at the CLEK Photography Reading Center. Logistic regression analysis was used to test for relationships between baseline factors and incident corneal scarring. Baseline factors analyzed included age, sex, race, atopic disease, contact lens wear, family history of keratoconus, corneal curvature, and central corneal fluorescein staining, among others. RESULTS: The 5-year incidence of corneal scarring was 13.7% (120 of 878) overall, 16.7% (102 of 609) for contact lens-wearing eyes, and 38.0% (46 of 121) for contact lens-wearing eyes with corneal curvature greater than 52 D. Baseline factors predictive of incident scarring included corneal curvature greater than 52 D (odds ratio [OR] = 4.79; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.08, 7.45; P < 0.001), contact lens wear (OR = 2.50; 95% CI, 1.40, 4.76; P = 0.003), marked corneal staining (OR = 2.38; 95% CI, 1.49, 3.76; P = 0.0002), and age less than 20 years (OR = 6.34; 95% CI, 2.57, 15.00; P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Multivariate analyses of 5-year prospective data from the CLEK Study cohort showed that baseline corneal curvature, contact lens wear, corneal staining, and younger age were predictive of the development of corneal scarring. The 5-year incidence of scarring is 13.7% for the overall sample and 38.0% for those eyes with corneal curvature greater than 52 D that wore contact lenses. Contact lens wear increased the risk of incident scarring more than 2-fold. These findings suggest a causal contribution of contact lens wear to corneal scarring in keratoconus and imply that corneal scarring might be reduced by modifying the contact lens fit.

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PubMed2006

Longitudinal changes in visual acuity in keratoconus.

PURPOSE: The present investigation aimed to identify factors that predict reduced visual acuity in keratoconus from a prospective, longitudinal study. METHODS: This report from the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study used 7 years of follow-up data from 953 CLEK subjects who did not have penetrating keratoplasty in either eye at baseline and who provided enough data to compute the slope of the change over time in high- or low-contrast best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Outcome measures included these slopes and whether the number of letters correctly read decreased by 10 letters or more in at least one eye in 7 years. RESULTS: Mean age of the subjects at the first follow-up visit was 40.2 +/- 11.0 years (mean +/- SD). Overall, 44.4% were female, and 71.9% were white. The slope of the change in high- and low-contrast BCVA (-0.29 +/- 1.5 and -0.58 +/- 1.7 letters correct/year, respectively) translated into expected 7-year decreases of 2.03 high- and 4.06 low-contrast letters correct. High- and low-contrast visual acuity decreases of 10 or more letters correct occurred in 19.0% and 30.8% of subjects, respectively. Independent predictors of reduced high- and low-contrast BCVA included better baseline acuity, steeper first definite apical clearance lens (FDACL), and fundus abnormalities. Each diopter of steeper baseline FDACL predicted an increased deterioration of 0.49 high- and 0.63 low-contrast letters correct. CONCLUSIONS: CLEK Study subjects with keratoconus exhibited a slow but clear decrease in BCVA during follow-up, with low-contrast acuity deteriorating more rapidly than high-contrast. Better baseline BCVA, steeper FDACL, and fundus abnormalities were predictive of greater acuity loss with time.

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PubMed2004

Variables affecting rigid contact lens comfort in the collaborative longitudinal evaluation of keratoconus (CLEK) study.

PURPOSE: To identify factors associated with rigid contact lens comfort in keratoconus. METHODS: Baseline data from the 16 Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study clinical sites were analyzed for all patients wearing a rigid contact lens in their more severely keratoconic eye (as determined by steep keratometry). Corneal transplant patients, patients who did not wear a rigid contact lens in either eye, patients who did not wear a rigid lens in their worse eye, and patients with missing contact lens comfort data were excluded from the sample. A total of 751 eyes were included. Variables assessed included measures of disease severity, visual acuity through the patients' habitual rigid contact lenses, contact lens wearing time, the apical fitting relationship of the contact lens, the degree of peripheral clearance, and the presence of corneal scarring and staining. Comfort was measured by asking the patients "In general, how comfortable are your contact lenses?" (1 = very comfortable through 5 = very irritating). RESULTS: Measures of disease severity (steep keratometry and the first definite apical clearance lens) were not associated with lens comfort. There was no difference in self-reported contact lens comfort between patients fitted with apical touch vs. apical clearance. Patients with a peripheral clearance rating of "minimal unacceptable" (more common among patients with milder keratoconus) were approximately half as likely to report good contact lens comfort compared with patients with "average" peripheral clearance (unadjusted odds ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.19 to 0.79). There was no association between contact lens comfort and the other peripheral clearance ratings compared with ratings of average. CONCLUSIONS: There does not appear to be an association between decreasing patient-reported rigid lens comfort and increasing disease severity as measured by steep keratometry or first definite apical clearance lens in this sample. The apical fitting relationship (flat vs. steep) does not appear to be associated with patient-reported comfort. Minimal peripheral clearance may contribute to decreased rigid contact lens comfort in keratoconus.

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