Lipids of the Human Tear Film and Their Effect on Tear Stability

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Blepharitis

In brief

This prospective, randomized, comparative clinical trial evaluates the effect of either oral doxycycline, oral essential fatty acid, or topical azithromycin to modify the secretions of the meibomian gland in subjects with meibomian gland dysfunction and/or dry eye disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00803452

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

31

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-12-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Meibomian gland dysfunction

You may not qualify if…

• Lid margin scarring; herpetic blepharitis

Where it is running

• Kentucky Lions Eye Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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