Clinical trial to evaluate the therapeutic benefits of limbal-supported contact lens wear for ocular sequelae due to Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To analyze the therapeutic benefits of limbal-supported contact lens (CL) wear in patients with ocular sequelae due to Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).

METHODS:

This interventional study enrolled 10 chronic SJS/TEN eyes with a spectacle best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of between 0.01 and 0.7 that were fitted with a limbal-supported CL. At baseline and at after 3-months CL use, CL-wear BCVA and the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) scores were measured, and then compared. Incidence rates and severities of adverse events were also analyzed.

RESULTS:

At after 3-months CL use, BCVA with the fitted CL significantly improved compared to that with spectacle correction at baseline (LogMAR: 0.76-0.15) (P = 0.0039), all NEI VFQ-25 scores improved, however, only in ocular pain and mental health showed statistically significant improvement (P = 0.0078 and 0.0039). No serious adverse events were observed during the follow-up.

CONCLUSION:

Wearing of the limbal-supported CL improved vision compared to spectacles and reduced ocular pain in patients with ocular sequelae due to SJS/TEN.

• Authors: Motohiro Itoi, Mayumi Ueta, Ken Ogino, Eriko Sumi, Kojiro Imai, Satoshi Teramukai, Shigeru Kinoshita, Chie Sotozono
• Journal: Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association (Cont Lens Anterior Eye) Vol. 43 Issue 6 Pg. 535-542 (12 2020) ISSN: 1476-5411 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 32513522 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2020 British Contact Lens Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Contact Lenses
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Retrospective Studies
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (complications, therapy)
• Visual Acuity