Clinical Study to Evaluate Tear Characteristics Following Acute TrueTear™ Use

March 4, 2021 updated by: Allergan

Randomized, Controlled, Single-Center, Cross-Over Clinical Study to Evaluate Tear Characteristics Following Acute TrueTear™ Use

This study will evaluate the change in tear meniscus height (TMH) produced by intranasal stimulation with TrueTear™ compared with the same device applied extranasally (control).

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

10

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • London, United Kingdom, SW1E 6AU
        • Ocular Technology Group International

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Baseline Ocular Surface Disease Index© (OSDI©) score of at least 23 with no more than three responses of "not applicable"
  • In at least one eye, a baseline Schirmer test of ≤ 10 mm/5 minutes AND a cotton swab nasal stimulation Schirmer test of at least 7 mm higher in the same eye

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic or recurrent epistaxis, coagulation disorders or other conditions that may increase the risk of bleeding
  • History of nasal or sinus surgery
  • Vascularized polyp, deviated septum or severe nasal airway obstruction at the Screening visit
  • Intraocular and extraocular surgery in either eye within three months of the Screening Visit or refractive surgery within twelve months of the Screening Visit
  • Cardiac demand pacemaker, implanted defibrillator, or other active implanted metallic or active implanted electronic device in the head

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TrueTear™ Intranasal then Extranasal Application
TrueTear™ device, intranasal (test) application, for approximately 3 minutes on Day 0 followed by TrueTear™ device, extranasal (control) application, for approximately 3 minutes on Day 14.
Device: TrueTear™ Application
Intranasal and extranasal application of TrueTear™ device for approximately 3 minutes at Day 0 and Day 14.
Experimental: TrueTear™ Extranasal then Intranasal Application
TrueTear™ device, extranasal (control) application, for approximately 3 minutes on Day 0 followed by TrueTear™ device, intranasal (test) application, for approximately 3 minutes on Day 14.
Device: TrueTear™ Application
Intranasal and extranasal application of TrueTear™ device for approximately 3 minutes at Day 0 and Day 14.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change From Baseline (Pre-application) in Tear Meniscus Height (TMH) at Eye Opening and Pre-Blink
Time Frame: Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Tear meniscus height is defined as the mean height of the lower tear prism to the edge of the eye lid measured by the investigator using the Tear scope Plus in conjunction with a Topcon SL-D7 slit lamp biomicroscope and high-resolution digital video recording. Change from Baseline to time (T) T0 (immediately), T15, T30, T60, T120, T180, T240, T300, T360 minutes (mins) after application was reported. A negative change from Baseline (Pre-application) indicates improvement.
Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Change From Baseline (Pre-application) in Tear Lipid Layer Thickness at Eye Opening and Pre-Blink
Time Frame: Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Lipid layer thickness is defined as the average thickness of the lipid layer calculated from the thickness of the various pattern weighted by the relative coverage of each pattern measured by the investigator using the Tearscope Plus in conjunction with a Topcon SL-D7 slit lamp biomicroscope and high-resolution digital video recording. Change from Baseline to T0 (immediately), T15, T30, T60, T120, T180, T240, T300, T360 mins after application was reported. A negative change from Baseline (Pre-application) indicates improvement .
Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Change From Baseline (Pre-application) in Non-Invasive Tear Film Break-Up Time (NIBUT)
Time Frame: Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Non-invasive break-up time is the time in seconds between eye opening and the appearance of the first visible break in the lipid layer of the pre-corneal tear film measured by the investigator using the Tearscope Plus in conjunction with a Topcon SL-D7 slit lamp biomicroscope and high-resolution digital video recording. Change from Baseline to T0 (immediately), T15, T30, T60, T120, T180, T240, T300, T360 mins after application was reported. A negative change from Baseline (Pre-application) indicates improvement.
Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Change From Pre-application in Protective Index (PI)
Time Frame: Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
The Protected Index (PI) corresponds to the percentage of the corneal surface that is not exposed to the atmosphere (i.e. fully covered by the tear film) over the full interblink period measured by the investigator using a Tear scope Plus in conjunction with a Topcon SL-D7 slit lamp biomicroscope and high-resolution digital video recording. Change from Baseline to T0 (immediately), T15, T30, T60, T120, T180, T240, T300, T360 mins after application was reported.
Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Change From Pre-application in Exposed Area (EA)
Time Frame: Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application
Exposed Area is defined as the percentage of the observed area not covered by the tear film at the time of the blink hence exposed to the atmosphere measured by the investigator using a Tear scope Plus in conjunction with a Topcon SL-D7 slit lamp biomicroscope and high-resolution digital video recording. Change from Baseline to T0 (immediately), T15, T30, T60, T120, T180, T240, T300, T360 mins after application was reported.
Pre-application (Day 0) to time (T) 0 (immediately), 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 and 360 minutes on Day 0 after application

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Allergan

Investigators

  • Study Director: Clinical Director, Allergan, plc

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 18, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 9, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

November 9, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

September 7, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 8, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 4, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • OCUN-020

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.

Yes

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Dry Eye Syndromes

Clinical Trials on TrueTear™ Application

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Italy

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe