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Cyclosporine and Intense Pulsed Light for Dry Eye in Contact Lens Users
Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke
Summary
In this study, two treatments typically used for dry eye disease will be tried for contact lens users to see if their symptoms when they use their contact lenses get better. Cyclosporine is a drop that is used for long-term management of the inflammation and Intense pulsed light (IPL) is a treatment done in a clinic to improve the health of the eyelid glands. The main question in this study is: Does the combined treatment of cyclosporine and IPL improve the symptoms and the dry eye signs of contact lens wearers? All the participants will receive the cyclosporine drops for 4 months twice a day. The research team will split the group of participants in two, half receiving the real IPL treatment and half receiving a sham IPL treatment during the last two months of the study. This will allow to compare the two groups to see how IPL helped. The dry eye tests will be done at the start of the study, after two months and after 4 months. The tests will include a dry eye symptoms questionnaire, measures on the tears, the structures of the front of the eye and the eyelids.
Official title: Combination of 0.09% Cyclosporine and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Therapy for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Symptomatic Contact Lens Wearers: a Sham-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
44
Start Date
2024-04-25
Completion Date
2025-09
Last Updated
2024-05-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
CycloSPORINE Ophthalmic
Unidose of Cequa provided without charge to the participant. 1 drop in each eye morning and evening.
Intense Pulsed Light
Appropriate eye patches and IPL gel will be applied. 15 triggers per passage will be applied from the right temple to the left temple (7 shots from the right temple to the right nose wing, 1 on the nose bridge and 7 shots from the left nose wing to the left temple). 2 passage/session will be applied.
Sham Intense Pulse Light
Appropriate eye patches and IPL gel will be applied. 15 triggers per passage will be applied with the plastic blocker mounted on the IPL prism from the right temple to the left temple (7 shots from the right temple to the right nose wing, 1 on the nose bridge and 7 shots from the left nose wing to the left temple). 2 passage/session will be applied.
Locations (1)
Opto-Réseau Sherbrooke Est
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada