Evaluation using in vivo confocal microscopy on ocular surface in patients with dry eye disease related to short tear film breakup time
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Dry eye disease related to short tear-film breakup time
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000035886
- Lead Sponsor
- Keio University School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Difficulty for examination by HRTII-RCM due to the patient's physical and mental condition. 2. Disadvantage by the examination for the patients. 3. No informed consent 4. No ophthalmic surgeries 5. No contact lens wearer 6. No VDT workers more than or equal 4 hours 7. Patients who are not eligible for entry judged by the principal investigators and collaborators in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of ocular surface condition (Grading of squamous metaplasia, Density of inflammatory cells and goblet cells, Presence or absence of corneal nerve abnormality)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method