Perform of a Monthly, Reusable, Soft Contact Lens in Participants Who Previously Dropped Out of Contact Lenses

Purpose To refit contact lens (CL) dropouts who dropped out of CLs because of dryness or discomfort into TOTAL30® (lehfilcon A) monthly, spherical CLs to determine the frequency that they can be comfortably refit into CLs. Methods A 6-month, 4 visit, multi-center study was conducted. Adult, 18- to 40-year-old, past CL wearers who dropped out of CLs within the past 2 years because of discomfort or dryness were enrolled. Participants were required to have no dry eye symptoms (SPEED scores ≤ 3). All participants were then fit in TOTAL30® CLs. The participants were evaluated with the SPEED, a comfort visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 scale), and a Likert questionnaire. Result This study enrolled 61 participants who had a median (interquartile) age of 28 (7) years (78.7% female). This study had a CL retention rate of 98.4% at 1 month and 65.6% at 6 months. The VAS yielded a median comfort score of 81 (40) at 6 months. The Likert questionnaire found that 80.7% of participants would recommend the CLs to a friend at 6 months. SPEED scores increased statistically post-resuming CL wear (p = 0.0001) at 1 month, yet this symptoms change was unlikely clinically meaningful. Conclusions This study found that previous CL wearers who had dropped out of CLs could be comfortably refit with lehfilcon A monthly silicone hydrogel CLs, with the majority of them continuing to wear the CLs at 6 months. The results suggest that the monthly soft CLs with water gradient technology can be a viable option for many CL dropout suffers.