Punctal Plugs and Iodine Related Discomfort

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Conditions studied: Dry Eye Syndromes

In brief

Purpose: Intravitreal injection of medications has revolutionized the treatment microvascular diseases. These diseases often require regular, life-long injections. Ensuring patient comfort is important for compliance with long-term treatments. Patients receiving regular intravitreal injections often complain of progressive dry eye related discomfort. These symptoms are likely secondary to the use of povidone iodine as an antiseptic. Investigators hypothesize that punctal plugs could reverse the progressive ocular surface discomfort induced by povidone iodine during the post-procedural state.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03396809

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

0

Starts

2017-07-26

Expected to finish

2018-12-07

Last updated by the study team

2024-03-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients seen at Eye Associates of New Mexico Retina Center or the University of New Mexico Eye Clinic
• Three consecutive monthly intravitreal injections
• Patients whose OSDI score indicate dry eye (score greater than 12)
• Greater than 18 years old
• Males and Females

You may not qualify if…

• previous punctal plugs
• punctal cautery
• active infection
• history of ocular infection
• herpes simplex virus
• herpes zoster virus
• previous eyelid trauma
• surgery
• graft versus host disease
• and thyroid eye disease
• Women whom are pregnant or may become pregnant

Where it is running

• Eye Associates of New Mexico Retina Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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