Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04193917
Confounding Factors in Ocular Surface Microbiome Research
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 450 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
To elucidate confounding factors in ocular surface microbiome research and to confirm the presence of a core ocular surface microbiome and its temporal stability.
Detailed description
The investigator will take a conjunctival sample of both eyes of a group of volunteers together with an extensive questionnaire. Furthermore, 50 volunteers will be sampled repeatedly during one year or two years.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Conjunctival swab | A conjunctival swab of both eyes will be taken at the same time together with an extensive questionnaire. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-11-24
- Primary completion
- 2024-01-23
- Completion
- 2024-01-23
- First posted
- 2019-12-10
- Last updated
- 2024-12-24
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04193917. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.