Lipids of the Human Tear Film and Their Effect on Tear Stability
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Brief summary
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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.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00803452
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 31 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 80 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 2008 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2010 (Actual)
- Completion
- Dec 2010 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Dec 22, 2017
2008 – 2010
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Lions Eye Center | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | — |
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