Active clinical trials for "Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca"

This is a prospective, observational case series to determine the clinical utility of tear osmolarity and other commonly used objective tests to diagnose dry eye disease, as well as to establish referent values for objective tests of the disease.

The purpose of this study is to measure the change in Tear Osmolarity during the course of the day to support clinical diagnosis of aqueous deficiency or meibomian gland disease and differentiate between the two forms of dry eye.

This is a search strategy for determining the prevalence of ocular complications in inflammatory rheumatic diseases for the purposes of a meta analysis.

To determine if Xiidra® lifitegrast plays a role in the refractive accuracy when administered to patients preoperatively who are scheduled for cataract surgery and have a tear break up time (TBUT) ≤ 10 seconds and central corneal staining as defined by the Oxford scale

First, preoperative biometry of the eye at the IOL Master® will be performed. Then, corneal topography will be measured at the Oculus pentacam®. Afterwards, one of two eye drops are instilled in the eye, and biometry and corneal topography will be repeated after 5 minutes. For all patients, the Barrett Universal II formula will be used for calculation of IOL power. Predicted refraction outcome will be referred to as SEQ. The chief surgeon will perform the uneventful standard cataract operation with in-the-bag implantation of a HOYA IOL (Model 251) through a 2.4-mm corneal incision. A Subjective Refraction using plus principle will be performed one month after the operation, and ETDRS visual acuity charts will be used to measure best-corrected visual acuity. Refraction will be described as SR (postoperative SEQ) and will be calculated as: SR = sphere + (0.5*cylinder)

The primary objective of this study is the characterization of the ocular microbiome in a healthy cohort and in patients with dry eye disease using whole-metagenome shotgun sequencing. Secondary objectives are the identification of differences between the ocular microbiome of healthy controls and patients with dry eye disease as well as between the ocular and the gut microbiome.

This is an observational, study of dry eye in patients at the consultation visit prior to LASIK surgery. There is no treatment administered or intervention during the study.

This is an observational study of OPTIVE PLUS® in patients with dry eye disease in a routine clinical setting. Treatment decisions are made by the physician and reflect the physician's current standard of care.

DED could result in visual disturbance and damage optical quality. We aimed to evaluate the influences of dry eye disease (DED) on optical quality and their correlations.

Purpose: To establish whether there is a correlation between dry eye symptoms, age and gender, a difference in symptom intensity in different times of the day, which test (Schirmer or TBUT) better correlates with dry eye symptoms, whether it is possible to reliably use cheap, easy to use hygrometer in everyday clinical setting, and finally whether there is statistically significant correlation between applied tests (TBUT, Schirmer and evaporimetry). Methods: Subjects: 45 in group without dry eye related symptoms, and 45 in group with symptoms. Examination included structured case history (questionnaire), slit lamp examination with fluorescein staining, periocular evaporimetry, TBUT test and Schirmer test.