Follow-up after RCT2022

Sustained and rebound effect of repeated low-level red-light therapy on myopia control: A 2-year post-trial follow-up study

Ruilin Xiong; Zhuoting Zhu; Yu Jiang; Xiangbin Kong; Jian Zhang; Wei Wang; Katerina Kiburg; Yixiong Yuan; Yanping Chen; Shiran Zhang; Meng Xuan; Junwen Zeng; Ian G. Morgan; Mingguang He

Clinical & experimental ophthalmology

What does this source bring?

Follow-up of RLRL showed maintenance of the effect in those continuing and rebound in some people after discontinuation.

Second year without re-randomization; only 11 children continued RLRL, 114 with 199 eligible were analyzed. It does not establish verified tapering.

CLAIM-RLRL-REBOUND

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Source of the claim
Population
Participants after the original RCT RLRL
N
114
Geography
China
Observation (months)
24
Comparator
Not applicable / no common comparator
Result
Follow-up of RLRL showed maintenance of the effect in those continuing and rebound in some people after discontinuation.
Safety
This record does not allow estimation of the frequency of rare adverse events.
Device/structure
Not applicable / not determined within the verified range
Publisher of the publication
Wiley
Financing
National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (Crossref metadata; may not include all forms of support).
Conflicts of interest
Not determined within the proven range. The absence of confirmation does not mean the absence of conflict.
DOI
10.1111/ceo.14149
PMID
36054314
What was checked
Bibliographic metadata and abstract in Europe PMC / PubMed; Crossref metadata
Date of verification
2026-09-09

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