Treatment of Ocular Demodex Infestation With Topical Ivermectin Cream 1%
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
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.