The mission of the TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort is to:

• conduct an evidence-based evaluation of contact lens discomfort in health and disease

• develop a contemporary understanding of the definition, classification, epidemiology and neurobiology of contact lens discomfort

• examine the role of lens materials, design and care in the etiology of contact lens 

discomfort

• assess the biocompatibility of contact lenses with the tear film and ocular surface

• develop appropriate norms of trial design including outcome measures for contact lens discomfort

• develop recommendations for the management and therapy of contact lens discomfort

• develop recommendations for future innovative research in contact lens discomfort

            The committee will be meeting for a year and half conducting tests and reviewing materials to produce a complete report. The committee’s findings will be compiles, completed and submitted for publication December 2013.