NCT03291704

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

PILOT STUDY: The Effect of Thermal Therapy Using a Rechargeable, Wireless Device on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: UMay Care Inc. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed description

This study will be a non-randomized, open label study of subjects with documented MGD. All subjects will be sent home with a wireless, portable thermal therapy device and examined pre and post treatment period. Subjects will be asked to use the device at bedtime for 5 minutes daily for 4 weeks. After treatment subjects will be re-examined and measured for clinical and symptomatic change in their MGD as well as changes to their sleep quality and anxiety index. Subjects will also be followed after treatment has been completed.

Conditions

• Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
• Dry Eye Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Thermal therapy device	Thermal therapy of blocked Meibomian glands

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2017-09-25
• Last updated: 2018-03-19