Interpretation of IMI-Industry Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Myopia Control Report / 中华实验眼科杂志

ABSTRACT

Along with the increasing global prevalence of myopia, severer myopia brings concerns about a higher risk of potentially blinding complications.Myopia is becoming one of the major causes of vision impairment and blindness in the world, and the myopia prevention and control has been a focus of the whole society.Management of myopia includes more outdoor activities, medications, orthokeratology, peripheral defocus soft contact lens, progressive addition lenses and bifocal lenses, etc.These methods have raised ethical disputes among regulatory bodies, manufacturers, academics and clinicians, who share an ethical responsibility to ensure that the products used for myopia control are safe and efficacious and that patients understand the benefits and potential risks of such products.The IMI- Industry Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Myopia Control Report published in 2019 highlights the ethical challenges and provides stakeholders with recommendations and guidelines in decision-making, production development, spreading of research progress, prescribing, financial support and advertising of such treatments.Some common problems in combination with the latest clinical studies and relevant evidence-based guidelines were reviewed and reasonable solutions were recommended in this article.