Evaluation of Tangible Boost Replenishing System

October 23, 2020 updated by: Tangible Science
This study will evaluate Tangible Boost, a new contact lens care product which is designed to replenish the hydrogel layer on fluorosilicone acrylate lenses with Hydra-PEG. The Hydra-PEG coating is a poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogel that is covalently bound to the lens surface. This coating improves lens wettability, a common cause of patient discomfort. Tangible Boost is designed to maintain the wettability of Hydra-PEG lenses throughout the lens lifetime. Patients can use the Tangible Boost kit to reapply the Hydra-PEG coating each month at home.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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35

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77204
        • University of Houston

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Habitual contact lens wear with a group 3 FDA approved rigid lens material, with 20-50% of subjects wearing corneal lenses
  • Willing and able to sign the informed consent form
  • 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Eye injury or surgery within the 3 months immediately prior to enrollment for this trial
  • Pre-existing ocular irritation that would preclude contact lens fitting
  • Current enrollment in an ophthalmic clinical trial
  • Evidence of systemic or ocular abnormality, infection, or disease which is likely to affect successful wear of contact lenses or use of the accessory solutions, as determined by the investigator
  • Any use of medications for which contact lens wear could be contraindicated, as determined by the investigator
  • Pregnant women and nursing mothers
  • Visual acuity less than 20/20 when best corrected with contact lenses

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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EXPERIMENTAL: Tangible Boost
Participants will treat their lenses with Tangible Boost after 30 days and again after 60 days.
Device: Tangible Boost
Participants will treat their lenses with Tangible Boost, a kit designed to maintain the wettability of Hydra-PEG treated fluorosilicone acrylate lenses.
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Control
Participants will treat their lenses with a placebo "Tangible Boost" kit containing saline after 30 days and again after 60 days.
Other: Placebo saline
Participants will treat their lenses with a placebo "Tangible Boost" kit, which contains saline in place of the Tangible Boost solution.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Patients With Adverse Event Reports or Discontinuations
Time Frame: Duration of study, 90 +/- 7 days after lens dispense visit.
A report of any adverse events or discontinuations that may have occurred. This measure includes adverse events unrelated to the treatment. See adverse events section for additional details.
Duration of study, 90 +/- 7 days after lens dispense visit.
Corneal Staining
Time Frame: 1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Corneal staining with lissamine green was used to identify damage to the corneal cells, which may have been caused by the contact lenses or treatments in the study. 5 regions in each eye were scored on a scale of 0-4, resulting in a total possible range of 0-20. Left and right eye scores were averaged for each subject. A lower score indicates less corneal damage.
1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Visual Acuity
Time Frame: 1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Visual acuity was calculated on a logMAR scale using high luminance, high contrast acuity charts. On the logMAR scale, a score of 0 indicates no vision loss, with higher scores indicating more vision loss.
1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Non-invasive Tear Film Break-up Time
Time Frame: 1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Tear break-up time was measured with the OCULUS Keratograph.
1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Number of Participants With Acceptable Lens Fit
Time Frame: final assessment (day 90)
Count of participants with acceptable lens fit (movement, centration, apical clearance, limbal clearance, and landing zone).
final assessment (day 90)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
CLDEQ Score
Time Frame: 1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
The Contact Lens Dry Eye Questionnaire (CLDEQ) is used to evaluate the dry eye symptomology of contact lens wearers on a scale of 0-39. A lower score is indicative of greater comfort.
1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: 1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)
The subjective comfort of lenses was evaluated on a scale of 0-100, with higher scores indicating better comfort.
1 day after treatment (day 31), final assessment (day 90)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Tangible Science

Collaborators

Collaborators

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University of Houston

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Maria K Walker, OD MS, University of Houston

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

Study Start

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February 24, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

Primary Completion

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February 13, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

Study Completion

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February 13, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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February 28, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 2, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

First Posted

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March 8, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

Last Update Posted

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November 17, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 23, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2020

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 113133

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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