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Investigating the Effect of At Home Thermal Therapy on Dry Eye Patients With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

NCT03291704 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2018-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of at home thermal therapy with a wireless, portable device, as an effective management of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

This will be done by assessing patients for improvement in symptoms and ocular oil gland function after 4 weeks of a daily thermal therapy application.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Thermal therapy device

Thermal therapy of blocked Meibomian glands

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • UMay Care Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Hermina Strungaru, MD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-31
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-07-31

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