In January 2012, the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society spearheaded a workshop to examine contact lens discomfort. Over the next 18 months, various committees made up of international experts (79 in total) met to develop and achieve consensus on various aspects of contact lens discomfort using an evidence-based approach. Their conclusions were published in a special edition of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, in October 2013. Read Sruthi Srinivasan’s editorial for an overview of the workshop’s conclusions, or allow the CCLR’s research team to walk you through a summary of each committee’s findings:
• Summary: Report of the Definition and Classification Subcommittee: Alison Ng
• Summary: Report of the Subcommittee on Epidemiology: Farah Panjwani
• Summary: Report of the Contact Lens Materials, Design and Care Subcommittee: Lakshman Subbaraman
• Summary: Report of the Subcommittee on Neurobiology: Jalaiah Varikooty
• Summary: Report of the Contact lens Interactions with the Ocular Surface and Adnexa Subcommittee: Mike Yang
• Summary: Report of the Contact Lens Interactions with the Tear film Subcommittee: Ulli Stahl
• Summary: Report of the Subcommittee on Clinical Trial Design and Outcomes: Marc Schulze
• Summary: Report of the Management and Therapy Subcommittee: William Ngo
