NCT05598437

Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Dry Eye Disease in A Sample of Egyptian Patients

Search Protocol 1. Study a-Proposed Study Title: Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Dry Eye Disease in A Sample of Egyptian Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Roweis adel youssef · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Proposed Study Title: Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed with Dry Eye

Detailed description

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common chronic multifactorial condition of the ocular surface characterized by failure to produce high quality or sufficient amounts of tears to moisturize the eyes (1) DED can be categorized as "dry eye with reduced tear production (aqueous deficient) and dry eye with increased evaporation of the tear film known as the hyperevaporative type… Although 10% of individuals have aqueous deficient DED, more than 80% have either the hyperevaporative type related to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), or a combination of

Conditions

• Dryness
• Dry Eye Syndromes
• Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Dry eye device	Dry eye analysis

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-04-01
• Completion: 2023-04-30
• First posted: 2022-10-28
• Last updated: 2022-10-28

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Egypt

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study