View clinical trials related to Dry Eye.
Filter by:Dry eye is the most common reason for visit to an ophthalmologist's office. The prevalence is on the rise and is mainly attributed to factors such as increased environmental pollution and contact lens use. The current management options are limited to over the counter artificial tear drops and three FDA-approved drugs. Of these, cyclosporine has been used worldwide for treating mild to moderate dry eyes. The earlier version consisted of 0.05% cyclosporine which worked well for a limited number of inflammatory dry eye conditions. Recently, 0.09% cyclosporine was approved by the FDA. The nearly double concentration is expected to be more beneficial for severe inflammation which is often seen in Sjögren syndrome and other Rheumatological conditions associated with dry eyes. In this pilot project, the investigator proposes to evaluate the change in expression of SLURP1 and other markers of ocular surface inflammation before and after treatment with 0.09% cyclosporine eye drops.
The main objective of this study is to assess the clinical and mechanistic effect of using Ocular surface immunoglobulin (OSIG) eye drops for treating Dry Eye Disease. Therefore, the investigator will perform a prospective, phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked, tolerability and efficacy clinical trial using OSIG-eye drops in patients with Dry Eye Disease. This clinical trial will be powered to detect efficacy of the treatment. This will be a Randomized controlled trial, in which a total of 40 subjects will be enrolled at one clinical site. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two groups (#1, #2), with 20 subjects per group. One group will be given placebo (Normal saline eye drops) and the other group will be given eye drops containing the study drug (OSIG). Treatment will be for eight weeks.
To determine if the use of Xiidra® reduces ocular surface inflammation in preoperative and postoperative cataract patients.
The purpose of this study is to assess the duration of time (in weeks) for improvement in objective dry eye markers for people who are placed on lifitegrast 0.5% (Xiidra®), an FDA-approved therapy for dry eyes.
Patients with severe dry eye who have exhausted conventional treatment are not uncommon and are difficult to manage. They and their physicians are helpless when faced with these scenarios. A small HPRG group, Health Science Authority (HSA) and IRB approved study of autologous plasma eye drop therapy for patients with recalcitrant dry eye has been completed recently by investigators at the Singapore National Eye Centre. The unique feature of the previous protocol was that the autologous plasma preparation was made and contained in sealed segments of intravenous tubing until use by the patient. The study showed that the corneal fluorescein staining of patients who regularly used autologous plasma over a 6 week period improved significantly. Additionally, there was a significant reduction in the total number of topical eye drop treatment required. Investigator did not encounter any cases of infected eye drop preparation or any cases of eye infection. Seventy percent of these patients would recommend this treatment to their relatives and friends suggesting that this form of treatment is a valuable additional modality for dry eyes. Now, investigator would like to extend the short-term pilot study into a long-term single arm clinical trial, in order to determine the best protocol/logistic for this treatment that is practical and still effective, and allowing for more than one plasmapheresis during the study. To achieve this, investigator aim to perform a longitudinal prospective study of patients with severe dry eye who cannot be satisfactorily managed with conventional dry eye treatments using a proposed regime for plasmapheresis and plasma storage.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether ketorolac and Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose are effective in the treatment of Dry Eye.
Every night during sleep, there is an accumulation of white blood cells in the closed eye. The closed eye white blood cells are predominantly neutrophils, but there is a small population (3%) of T cells. The effects of these closed eye white blood cells on dry eye disease pathogenesis have yet to be fully elucidated, but preliminary evidence suggests that closed eye neutrophils may have an associated hyperactivity and increased degranulation in dry eye disease that could contribute to epithelial instability. As an anti-T cell therapy, Xiidra offers an opportunity to better understand how the closed eye white blood cells are recruited and activated. This study also seeks to verify the proposed mechanism of action.
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficiency of serum tears made with Genius PRP for improving signs and symptoms in Dry Eye Disease (DED). Single center, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Non-significant risk
The objective of this investigation is to show that the performance of Artelac Rebalance eye drops is non-inferior to that of Vismed eye drops in subjects with moderate to severe dry eye, and to assess the safety of Artelac Rebalance after a 90-day (± 10 day) treatment administered 3 to 5 times per day.
The primary objective of this study is assess the Tear Film break-up time (TBUT) in mild to moderate dry eye subjects.