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Virgin Coconut Oil Contact Lens as Ocular Rewetting Agent

NCT06071780 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2023-10-06

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Summary

This is a clinical trial where 44 subjects dry eyes were instilled with Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO CL) using contact lenses as its vehicle. All subjects are healthy subjects with no other ocular diseases except for having some dry eye symptoms (included with McMonnies questionnaires). Parameters measured at baseline and after 15 minutes of insertion and were compared. The control eyes were inserted with contact lenses soaked in saline (CCL). The eye that wears the VCO CL or the CCL were chosen randomly by masked operator. At the end of this study, the parameters measured will indicate if the VCO CL was able to retain tears in the eye and remove the dry eyes symptoms.

Conditions

  • Dry Eyes

Interventions

OTHER

organic product - Virgin Coconut Oil

A commercially available sterilized contact lens was soaked in VCO for 4 hours in a sterile condition to allow absorption of VCO into the contact lens polymer. The contact lens here is a vehicle to transport the VCO into the eye.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University of Malaysia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haliza Abdul Mutalib, MOptom · National University of Malaysia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
28 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-15
Primary Completion
2021-12-14
Completion
2023-03-14

Countries

  • Malaysia

Study Locations

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