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Tear Collection in Adult Volunteers

Completed
Conditions
Healthy Volunteers
Interventions
Procedure: Tear Sample Collection
Registration Number
NCT01969162
Lead Sponsor
Allergan
Brief Summary

This exploratory study will collect tear samples from adult volunteers for determining and quantifying tear composition profiles. No investigational drug will be administered in this study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria

-Adult volunteers without ocular disease.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Systemic medications that could affect eye health taken within 1 month of enrollment
  • Eye infection or inflammation in either eye 3 months prior to screening
  • History of herpes in either eye
  • Diagnosis of dry eye or meibomian gland dysfunction
  • Diagnosis of glaucoma
  • Allergic conjunctivitis
  • Use of rigid contact lenses within 1 year of screening
  • Use of soft contact lenses within 1 week of enrollment.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
All ParticipantsTear Sample CollectionAdult volunteers without ocular disease who have tear samples collected as per protocol. No investigational drug is administered in this study.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tear Lipid Composition ProfileDay 1

Basal (non-stimulated) tear samples were collected from one eye for lipid analysis. 13 different lipids classes were detected in individual tear samples. The concentration of each lipid class is reported in picomoles (pmole).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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