Dry Eye Clinical Trial - Laser Acupuncture for Dry Eye

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Subjects with dry eye are enrolled at two ophthalmic centers and randomly assigned to a laser acupuncture group and control group under conventional treatment with artificial tears. The effects of laser acupuncture therapy for patients with dry eye are investigated.

Clinical Trial Description

Objective: Dry eye is a common ophthalmologic disorder causing ocular discomfort in daily life. The investigators aim to investigate the effects of laser acupuncture therapy for patients with dry eye.

Methods: 200 subjects with dry eye are enrolled at two ophthalmic centers and randomly assigned to a laser acupuncture group and control group under conventional treatment with artificial tears. The subjects are treated at acupoints including BL2, TE23, ST2, LI4, ST36, and GB37 using verum or sham laser acupuncture during 3 sessions per week. After 4 and 12 weeks of treatment, the differences in the Tear film break-up time, Schirmer test, visual analogue scale, Ocular Surface Disease Index of the patients are analyzed, and compared between the laser acupuncture and control groups using paired t-test and one way ANOVA. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03204903
Study type	Interventional
Source	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Contact	Wen-Long Hu, MD, MS
Phone	+886-7-7317123
Email	oolonghu@gmail.com
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	August 1, 2016
Completion date	July 31, 2019

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