Status:

RECRUITING

Study for Remote Investigation of Evaporative Dry Eye Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

That Man May See, Inc.

Conditions:

Evaporative Loss Dry Eye Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Dry eye disease is a common problem that can make your eyes feel uncomfortable and affect your vision, making daily tasks harder. Many past studies on dry eye treatments haven't worked well because th...

Detailed Description

This is a feasibility study, this is not an interventional study. This proposal outlines a novel approach to the study of dry eye disease through a decentralized clinical trial design. This non-interv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Evaporative loss dry eye disease will be confirmed by screening clinical examination. Patients with evaporative loss dry eye disease will have minimal to no corneal staining and have normal aqueous (water) tear production. Eligible patients with evaporative loss dry eye disease over the age of 18 will be offered study participation.
  • There will be no ethnic restrictions on enrollment. All adults (18 years of age or older) with evaporative loss dry eye disease regardless of race or ethnicity will be recruited for participation.
  • All adults (18 years of age or older) with evaporative loss dry eye disease , regardless of sex/gender are eligible for recruitment. Women will not be excluded if they are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • All adults age 18 or older with evaporative loss dry eye disease will be recruited for participation. Dry eye disease is not common in the pediatric population and younger children would require assistance with electronic symptom logging and self-performed ocular surface sample collection. Therefore, this study of feasibility of decentralized dry eye disease study will exclude children.
  • No treatment is administered in this non-interventional feasibility trial, therefore if pregnant women have dry eye they can participate with no risk to the fetus.

Exclusion

  • Patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca (clinically significant decrease in aqueous production) will not be included. This is because the population with this dry eye disease subtype is at higher risk for corneal epithelial breakdown and ocular surface infection.
  • Patients unwilling to measure their own tear production at home will be excluded.
  • Patients without internet access or reasonable proximity/access to a post box will be excluded.
  • Eyedrop use is not an exclusion criterion.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2025

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06976515

Start Date

September 1 2025

End Date

July 1 2027

Last Update

October 9 2025

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University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94010

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