TearCare System to Treat Dry Eye Disease
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Official title
Randomized, Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the TearCare® System in the Treatment of the Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease
Brief summary
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In this study, the TearCare System will be compared with the LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System in patients with dry eye disease. The objective is to demonstrate that the TearCare System is safe and effective in relieving the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03857919
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 235 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 22 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 3, 2019 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Feb 17, 2020 (Actual)
- Completion
- Dec 18, 2020 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Oct 1, 2025
2019 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 8
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwartz Laser Eye Center | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85260 | — |
| Harvard Eye Associates | Laguna Hills | California | 92653 | — |
| Eye Research Foundation | Newport Beach | California | 92663 | — |
| Loh Ophthalmology Associates | Miami | Florida | 33143 | — |
| Jackson Eye | Lake Villa | Illinois | 60046 | — |
| Cincinnati Eye Institute | Edgewood | Kentucky | 41017 | — |
| Kentucky Eye Institute | Lexington | Kentucky | 40517 | — |
| Ophthalmology Associates | St Louis | Missouri | 63131 | — |
| Vance Thompson Vision | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 57108 | — |
| Parkhurst NuVision | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 1, 2025 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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