Ocular Surface Microbiome

Completed

Conditions studied: Dry Eye Syndromes

In brief

The purpose of this study is to collect samples from the surface of eyelids to try to grow and identify bacteria or fungus that might be present, and to try to understand why people have dry eye symptoms.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02298881

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

80

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2021-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects with ocular surface discomfort with an Ocular Surface Disease Index score of greater than 60
• Subjects with and Ocular Surface disease Index score less than 30
• Males and females age 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• Contact lens wear
• Use of oral or topical antibiotics in past 6 months
• Use of prescription eye medication in past 6 months
• Penetrating ocular or keratoplasty surgery in last 12 months
• Children under the age of 18

Where it is running

• UW Medicine Eye Institute — Seattle, Washington, United States

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