1Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *[email protected]
Submitted: March 20, 2018
Accepted: September 5, 2018
Funding/Support: None of the authors have reported funding/support.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The Brien Holden Vision Institute receives royalties from the sale of Dailies AquaComfort Plus Multifocal contact lenses.
Study Registration Information: The trial was registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12615000652572) and the U.S. clinical trials registry (NCT02484586).
Author Contributions and Acknowledgments: Conceptualization: HA, RCB; Formal Analysis: VT; Investigation: JS, DT, DK, JD, NY, MJ; Methodology: JS, DT, RCB; Writing – Original Draft: JS, DK, HA; Writing – Review & Editing: DT, DK, JD, NY, MJ, VT, RCB.
The authors would like to acknowledge the clinical team (Ms. S. Delaney, Ms. A. Munro, Ms. K. Wagenfuehr, and Ms. B. Ludlow), the database management team (Dr. T. Naduvilath and Ms. K. Laarakkers), and the quality management team (Ms. J. Morgan, Dr. P. Erickson, and Mr. R. May) for their invaluable support in running this trial at the Clinical Research and Trials Centre. The authors would also like to extend their thanks to Mr. D. Falk for developing the electronic near visual acuity charts and Dr. J. Flanagan for reviewing the article. This project is funded by the Brien Holden Vision Institute.
