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Study of Vitamin A and Carbomer in Comforting the Ocular Surface Irritations of Glaucoma Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Primary Open-angle Glaucoma
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02077231
Lead Sponsor
Xiaodong Zhou
Brief Summary

Most of the patients under long application of anti-glaucoma eyedrops endure severe ocular surface irritation, which interrupt their quality of life a lot. Lots of studies aimed to search for new drugs for therapy. The investigators hypothesized that the artificial tears containing vitamin A or carbomer may be a great substitute. Both of the two drugs were in common use and had already been tested in animals.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma or normal tension glaucoma patients with prostaglandin analogs treatment for more than one year.
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. any systemic diseases which may cause ocular damage;
  2. previous ocular trauma or surgery;
  3. contact lens wear history in previous 6 months;
  4. application of any artificial tears 3 months ago;
  5. allergic to any of the drugs we used during examination.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
carbomer eye gelcarbomer eye gel0.2% Carbomer 940; Bausch \& Lomb, Aschheim, Germany
vitamin A palmitate eye gelVitamin A0.1% vitamin A palmitate; Sinqi, Shenyang, China
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change of the density of conjunctival goblet cellschange from Baseline in goblet cell density at 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
tear film parameters changes in patientschange from baseline in TBUT and Schirmer test at 6 months
changes of ocular irritation in patientschange from baseline in OSDI scores at 6 months
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