The A.R.R.E.S.T.® Spectacle Film Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Participant is currently an active participant in another study or was an active participant in another study within 30 days prior to this study.
• •Current or prior use of interventions intended for myopia control, including but not limited to:
• •* Optical devices:
• •* Bifocal / multifocal spectacles.
• •* Bifocal / multifocal contact lenses.
• •* Orthokeratology.
• •* Pharmacological agents:
• •* Atropine with a concentration \> 0.01%.
• •* Participants who have previously used 0.01% atropine are eligible for this study provided they agree not to use 0.01% atropine for at least 30 days before baseline and at any time during the study.
• •* Pirenzepine.
• •Participant born earlier than 30 weeks or weighed \< 1500 g at birth.
• •A verbal report from the participant's parent / legal guardian is sufficient.
• •Habitual use of a systemic or topical medication that may alter normal ocular findings / is known to affect a participant's ocular health / physiology either in an adverse or beneficial manner at enrolment and / or during the clinical trial.
• •A known allergy to sodium fluorescein, benoxinate, proparacaine, tropicamide, or cyclopentolate.
• •Strabismus as determined by cover test at distance (≥ 3 m) or near (40 cm) while wearing distance correction under non-cycloplegic conditions.
• •Known ocular or systemic disease, such as but not limited to:
• •* Diabetes.
• •* Graves' disease.
• •* Glaucoma.
• •* Uveitis.
• •* Scleritis.
• •* Auto immune diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, multiple sclerosis, Sjogrens syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
• •Any ocular, systemic, or neuro-developmental conditions that could influence refractive development, such as but not limited to:
• •* Persistent pupillary membrane.
• •* Vitreous haemorrhage.
• •* Cataract.
• •* Central corneal scarring.
• •* Eyelid haemangiomas.
• •* Marfan's syndrome.
• •* Down's syndrome.
• •* Ehler's-Danlos syndrome.
• •* Stickler's syndrome.
• •* Ocular albinism.
• •* Retinopathy of prematurity.
• •Keratoconus or irregular cornea. The Investigator may, at their discretion, exclude anyone who they believe may not be able to fulfil the clinical trial requirements or it is believed to be in the participant's best interests.