NCT02057822

Cytokine Assay in Tears of Healthy Children and With Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: Case Control Study and Monitoring of Cases at 6 Months

Cytokine Assay in Tears of Healthy Children and With Vernal Keratocunjonctivitis: Case Control Study and Monitoring of Cases at 6 Months

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The ocular surface may be the seat of an inflammatory process in many pathology as vernal keratoconjunctivitis. It has been shown that inflammatory cytokines produced by the cells themselves and the constituent cells of the target organ, are the main factors that cause inflammation. The main objective of our study was to compare the concentration of 40 cytokines in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and in control subjects.

Detailed description

The ocular surface may be the seat of an inflammatory process in many pathology as vernal keratoconjunctivitis. It has been shown that inflammatory cytokines produced by the cells themselves and the constituent cells of the target organ, are the main factors that cause inflammation. The main objective of our study was to compare the concentration of 40 cytokines in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and in control subjects.

Conditions

• Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
• Healthy Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Cytokins assay in tears

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2014-02-07
• Last updated: 2014-02-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France