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. 2020 Mar 18;14:853–873. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S241435

Table 2.

Studies on Atropine-Induced Control of Myopic Progression

Authors Year Study Ethnicity Study Design
Brodstein et al195 1984 United States Prospective, Atropine 1% vs controls
Yen et al196 1989 Taiwan RCT, Atropine 1% vs cyclopentolate 1% vs controls
Chou at el197 1997 Taiwan Cohort, Atropine 0.5% in myopia ≥ −6.0 D
Shih et al198 1999 Taiwan RCT, Atropine 0.5% vs 0.25% vs 0.1% in 6-13-year-old children
Kennedy et al199 2000 United States Cohort, Post-treatment effects of atropine (median 3.5 years)
Hsiao et al200 2000 Taiwan Myopia Intervention Trial (MIT), Single Vision Lenses vs Multifocal Lenses vs Atropine 0.5% with Multifocal Lenses
Lee et al201 2006 Taiwan Cohort, Atropine 0.5% in myopic school-age children
Fan et al202 2007 Hong Kong Cohort, Atropine 1.0% ointment
Liang et al203 2008 Taiwan RCT, Atropine 0.25% with stimulation of auricular acupoints
Fang et al204 2010 Taiwan Cohort, Atropine 0.025% role in pre-myopic children
Wu et al205 2011 Taiwan Cohort, low concentration Atropine (0.05% −0.1%)
Lin et al206 2013 China Cohort, Atropine 1.0% in myopic anisometropia.
Chia et al207 2013 Singapore Full-field electroretinogram findings in ATOM2 study
Cooper et al208 2013 United States 3+3 study design, to determine highest atropine concentration without clinical symptoms
Lin et al209 2014 Taiwan Cohort, Atropine 0.125% vs Orthokeratology Lenses
Cheng et al210 2014 Taiwan RCT, Atropine 0.125% vs Atropine 0.125% with auricular acupoint stimulation.
Li et al211 2014 China Meta-analysis, Effects of atropine in Asian vs White Children.
Chia et al212 2014 Singapore RCT, double-masked, ocular parameters in 1 year after atropine withdrawal
Kumaran et al213 2015 Singapore RCT, biometric changes in eyes of Atropine 1% vs Placebo
Yi et al214 2015 China RCT, Atropine 1.0% effects in myopic eyes
Clark et al215 2015 United States Cohort, Atropine 0.01% in ethnically diverse, broad-ranged myopic population.
Polling et al216 2016 Europe Effectiveness study, Atropine 0.5%
Loughman et al217 2016 United States Acceptability and tolerance of Atropine 0.1%
Kothari et al218 2017 Indian Cohort, Atropine 1.0% safety and efficacy
Wan et al219 2018 Taiwan Retrospective, Effects of orthokeratology and Atropine (0.125% & 0.025%)