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ArticleHRB open research2019

Myopia Outcome Study of Atropine in Children (MOSAIC): an investigator-led, double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial protocol.

Saoirse McCrann, Ian Flitcroft, Niall C Strang, Kathryn J Saunders, Nicola S Logan, Samantha Szeyee Lee, David A Mackey, John S Butler, James Loughman

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Article in HRB open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Topical review: Potential mechanisms of atropine for myopia control.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2025
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  12. Will treating progressive myopia overwhelm the eye care workforce? A workforce modelling study.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022
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  14. IMI 2021 Yearly Digest.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021
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  19. Atropine: Updates on myopia pharmacotherapy.Taiwan journal of ophthalmology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Saoirse McCrannCentre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical and Optometric Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-8756
Ian FlitcroftChildren's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-6026
Niall C StrangDepartment of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
Kathryn J SaundersSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK.
Nicola S LoganOptometry & Vision Science Research Group, Aston Optometry School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0538-9516
Samantha Szeyee LeeCentre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science (incorporating Lions Eye Institute), University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-1098
David A MackeyCentre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science (incorporating Lions Eye Institute), University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7914-4709
John S ButlerSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-8634
James LoughmanCentre for Eye Research Ireland, School of Physics, Clinical and Optometric Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3130-8991
Technological University Dublin · IELions Eye Institute · AUAston University · GBGlasgow Caledonian University · GBTemple Street Children's University Hospital · IEUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

atropinemyopiamyopia controlmyopia progression

Identifiers

PMID32002514
PMCPMC6973533
OpenAlexW2963146614

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Registered trials

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