Efficacy of electroacupuncture for dry eye and its influence on ocular surface function: a clinical study
- Conditions
- Dry Eye
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100004687
- Lead Sponsor
- Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1.Meet the diagnostic criteria for DE;
2.Patients with mild to moderate DE;
3.Aged >= 18 years old and <= 65 years old, regardless of gender;
4.Understand and agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form.
1.Complicated with other eye diseases (such as blepharospasm, conjunctivochalasis, strabismus, amblyopia, glaucoma, cataract, fundus diseases, etc.);
2.Recently (within 3 months) patients with ocular activity lesions or eye surgery;
3.Recently (within 1 month) patients have received acupuncture treatment or other oral/topical drugs for eye diseases;
4.Pregnant or lactating;
5.Patients with cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and other serious systemic diseases and mental diseases;
6.Patients with Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis and other autoimmune diseases;
7.Skin damage, ulcer, infection and scar at acupoints.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oninvasive Tear Break-up Time;Ocular Surface Disease Index;Cornea Fluorescein Staining;Tear Meniscus Height;Schirmer I Test;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Corneal Topography;The quality of life scale which measures the quality of life for Chinese patients with visual impairment;36-item Short Form Health Survey;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale;Meibomian Gland Evaluation;Corneal Sensation;