NCT04391907

Clinical Efficacy of Intense Pulsed Light(IPL) Procedure in Dry Eye Patient

Clinical Efficacy of Intense Pulsed Light(IPL) Procedure in Dry Eye Patients With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Prior to Cataract Surgery

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Clinical efficacy of Intense Pulsed Light(IPL) procedure in dry eye patients with meibomian gland dysfunction prior to cataract surgery.

Detailed description

IPL procedure is a device used for symptom relief and treatment of dry eye syndrome caused by meibomian gland dysfunction in adults, and its safety and long-term effects have been confirmed. The purpose of this study is to determine whether this procedure before cataract surgery is effective in improving the symptoms of dry eye syndrome after cataract surgery.

Conditions

• Dry Eye Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	IPL	Intense pulse light (IPL) laser is used for the treatment of dry eye originated from meibomian gland dysfunction. IPL laser will be performed to patients who are planned to cataract surgery to improve dry eye.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-03
• Primary completion: 2021-03-02
• Completion: 2021-03-02
• First posted: 2020-05-18
• Last updated: 2022-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea