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NCT07234318
A Non-interventional Study to Evaluate the Anti-inflammatory Effects and the Clinical Efficacy of Topical Water Free Cyclosporin 0.1% Eye Drops in Patients With Dry Eye Disease and Associated Ocular Surface Inflammation Non-responding to Artificial Tears: the FOCUS Study
Conditions: Dry Eye Disease (DED)
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: No
Enrollment: 25
Sponsor: Laboratoires Thea
Location: Medical University of Vienna Vienna
Summary
The FOCUS study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of 0.1% cyclosporine eye drops solution (Vevizye®, Laboratoires THEA) in patients with moderate to severe dry eye disease characterized by ocular surface inflammation.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 18 years
* No patients with other ophthalmic diseases than DED
* Chronic dry eye defined as longer than six months since diagnosis
* OSDI score \> 22
* Conjunctival Hyperemia ≥ Grade 3 (Efron Scale)
* Current use of tear substitutes for at least 3 months not to be considered as sufficient by the investigator/treating physician
* Need to add cyclosporine eye drops to tear substitutes as judged by the investigator/treating physician
Exclusion Criteria:
Ophthalmic exclusion criteria
* Far best corrected visual acuity \< 1/10
* Severe Dry Eye associated with:
* Eyelid malposition
* Stevens Johnson Syndrome
* Corneal dystrophy
* Ocular neoplasia
* Filamentous keratitis
* Corneal neovascularisation
* Orbital radiotherapy
* Dry eye related to Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
* History of any of the following within last 3 months:
* Systemic treatment of dry eye
* Systemic treatment of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
* Isotretinoïde,
* Cyclosporine,
* Tacrolimus, Siromilus, Pimecrolimus
* Punctual plugs
* History of any of the following within previous six months:
* ocular trauma
* ocular infection, Ocular allergy
* History of any of the following within last 12 months:
* inflammatory corneal ulcer
* Herpetic eye infection
* or uveitis
* Ocular surgery
Systemic / non ophthalmic exclusion criteria:
•Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the medical product under investigation or other study medication
Specific exclusion criteria for women:
* Pregnant or breast-feeding woman.
* Woman of childbearing potential (neither menopausal, nor hysterectomized, nor sterilized) not using effective contraception (i.e. hormonal contraceptives, intra-uterine device, contraceptive implant or condoms with spermicide)
Exclusion criteria related to general conditions
* Inability of patient to understand the investigation procedures and thus inability to give valid, informed consent.
* Non-compliant patient (e.g. not willing to attend the follow-up visits, way of life interfering with compliance)
* Participation in another clinical study or clinical investigation at the same time as the present investigation
* Participation to the present clinical investigation during the exclusion period of another clinical study
* Patient already included once in this clinical investigation
* Patient under guardianship
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07234318). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.