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Multi-Colored Placido Disk Viability

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Sjogren's Disease
Healthy
Dry Eye
Interventions
Procedure: Multi-colored Placido disk imaging
Registration Number
NCT02148497
Lead Sponsor
University of Rochester
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to show that the multi-colored Placido Disk set-up can get reliable data over long time periods.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subjects must have clinically diagnosed Dry Eye or Sjörgren's syndrome.
  • Good general health (defined by medication use that has not changed within the last month and the absence of medical conditions that are deemed confounding to the data as determined by the PI)
  • Ability to give informed consent
  • Willing to spend time for the study; approximately 30 minutes for a visit
  • Either gender
  • Any racial or ethnic origin
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Use of any prescription ocular medication (such as but not limited to, glaucoma medications and Restasis) used within 14 days of the screening visit or started prior to the measurement visit(s).
  • Current eye disease, infection or inflammation that affects the surface of the eye such as, but not limited to blepharitis and ocular allergy.
  • Past eye surgery, such as, but not limited to, refractive surgery. Subjects who have had cataract surgery less than one year ago.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Dry Eye Disease or Sjogren's DiseaseMulti-colored Placido disk imagingCapturing images of the tear surface using the multi-colored Placido disk
ControlMulti-colored Placido disk imagingCapturing images of the tear surface using the multi-colored Placido disk
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tear film break-up timeup to 3 seconds

The multi-colored Placido disk will collect images of the tear film with the aim to have usable data for more extended periods of time. This instrument measures tear film break-up time in seconds using a video recording of the tear surface.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Flaum Eye Institute at the University of Rochester

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Rochester, New York, United States

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