Treatment of Ocular Demodex Infestation With Topical Ivermectin Cream 1%

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Patients with Demodex infestation of the eyelids will have the sleeves from both eyes cleaned off with microblepharoexfoliation. Afterwards, one eye will be randomly selected for treatment with topical ivermectin 1% cream. The treatment will be repeated on that eye 2 weeks later. Afterwards, the patients will present monthly for photographs of the eyelashes. The photographs will be reviewed by an ophthalmologist outside of our institution who will be blind to which eye was treated and independently grade the amount of sleeves in each eye. The follow-up will be for 6 months after the second treatment.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Helm Vision Group
• Treatments: Ivermectin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Voluntary participation of subjects with moderate to dense sleeves with no allergy to ivermectin and the ability to keep follow-up appointments.

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Exclusion Criteria: Patients under 18 years old and those allergic to ivermectin.

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