Lipids of the Human Tear Film and Their Effect on Tear Stability

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This prospective, randomized, comparative clinical trial evaluates the effect of either oral doxycycline, oral essential fatty acid, or topical azithromycin to modify the secretions of the meibomian gland in subjects with meibomian gland dysfunction and/or dry eye disease.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Louisville
• Treatments: Azithromycin; Doxycycline; Minocycline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Meibomian gland dysfunction

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lid margin scarring; herpetic blepharitis