A Post-Market Evaluation of LipiFlow Treatment in Cataract Surgery Practice

This is a post-market, prospective, randomized, multi-center, bilateral, open-label, cross-over, comparative clinical study. Study group will undergo preoperative LipiFlow treatment and Control group will not receive preoperative LipiFlow treatment. Three months postoperatively, both groups will be evaluated for clinical outcomes and the Control group will receive LipiFlow treatment as the cross-over group. The Control group will be evaluated at 4 months postoperative for clinical outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cataracts; Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System; Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 117
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Bakersfield, California, United States, 93309
      • Empire Eye & Laser Center, Inc.
  • Maryland
    • Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, 20815
      • Eye Doctors of Washington
  • New Jersey
    • Pennington, New Jersey, United States, 08534
      • Matossian Eye Associates
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75243
      • JW Eye Associates, P.A.
    • Hurst, Texas, United States, 76054
      • Texas Eye & Laser Center, P.A.

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria (all criteria apply to each study eye):

• Minimum 22 years of age.
• Bilateral cataracts for which phacoemulsification extraction and implantation with Symfony IOLs have been planned.
• Evidence of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) in both eyes based on assessment of meibomian glands of the lower eyelid
• None to moderate dry eye symptoms with questionnaire
• Clear intraocular media other than cataract in each eye.
• Availability, willingness, ability and sufficient cognitive awareness to comply with the study protocol including: randomization; examination procedures; completion of planned bilateral cataract surgeries; compliance with no use of other MGD or dry eye treatments.
• Ability to understand, read and write English to consent to study participation and complete study questionnaires.
• Willingness to sign informed consent and HIPAA authorization or equivalent documentation necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws pertaining to medical treatment in the governing country.

Exclusion Criteria (all criteria apply to each study eye):

• Any medical finding that would predictably result in a postoperative best corrected distance visual acuity worse than 20/30 in either eye.
• Use of systemic or ocular medications that, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect vision or impact pupil dilation or iris structure.
• Irregular corneal astigmatism.
• Any clinically-significant corneal pathology / abnormality other than regular corneal astigmatism.
• Any clinically-significant pupil abnormalities.
• Subjects with conditions associated with increased risk of zonular rupture.
• Unwillingness or inability to stop wearing contact lens at least two weeks prior to the baseline visit.
• Known ocular disease or pathology that, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect visual acuity or require surgical intervention during the study.
• Systemic disease condition that causes dry eye.
• Unwillingness or inability to abstain from the use of systemic medications known to cause dryness for the study duration. Subjects must have discontinued these medications for at least 1 month prior to Preoperative Visit.
• Unwillingness or inability to abstain from the use of systemic antihistamines.
• Unwillingness or inability to abstain from use of prescription medications for treatment of MGD or dry eye. Subject must have dicontinued using prescription medications for MGD or dry eye at least 1 month prior to baseline preoperative visit #1 measurements.

• Any of the following ocular (eye or eyelid) conditions in either eye within 3 months prior to the LipiFlow treatment visit:

  • Prior intraocular, oculoplastic, corneal or refractive surgery procedure (LASIK, LASEK, RK, PRK, etc.).
  • Ocular trauma.
  • Ocular Herpes simplex or Herpes zoster (eye or eyelid) infection.
  • History of recurrent ocular inflammation.
  • Punctal plug insertion or punctal occlusion.

• Any of the following active ocular (eye or eyelid) conditions in either eye at the baseline Preoperative Visit #1 measurements:

  • Ocular infection.
  • Ocular inflammation.
  • Moderate to severe (Grade 2-4) allergic, vernal or giant papillary conjunctivitis
  • Severe (Grade 3 or 4) inflammation of the eyelid.
  • Eyelid abnormalities that affect lid function.
  • Ocular surface abnormality that may compromise corneal integrity.
• Concurrent participation or participation within 30 days prior to study visit in any other clinical trial.
• Planned monovision correction.
• Patient is pregnant, plans to become pregnant, is lactating or has another condition associated with the fluctuation of hormones that could lead to refractive changes.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study Group: LipiFlow Treatment at PreOp; Study subjects that meet all inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized to receive LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System treatment at preoperative visit before bilateral implantation with commercially-available Symfony Intraocular Lens	Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System; Treatment at preoperative visit for study group; Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System; Treatment at 3 month visit as the cross-over group
Other: Control Group; Study subjects that meet all inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized to not receive the LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System treatment at a preoperative visit before bilaterally implanted with the commercially available Symfony Intraocular Lens. Control Group will receive LipiFlow treatment as cross-over group at 3 months postoperative visit.	Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System; Treatment at preoperative visit for study group; Device: LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System; Treatment at 3 month visit as the cross-over group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mean Monocular UCDVA (Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity)	Uncorrected Distance Visual Acuity was measured for the Study and Control groups at the 3-month visit using the Clinical Trial Suite (M&S Technologies) at 4.0 meters under photopic conditions (~85 cd/m2).	3 months Postoperative
Precision (Standard Deviation) of Preoperative Keratometric Measurements	Biometry testing was done pre-operatively	2-4 weeks after first Pre-operative visit
Precision of Axial Length (AL) and Anterior Chamber Depth (ACD)	Biometry testing was done pre-operatively	2-4 weeks after first Pre-operative visit
Rate of Refractive Predictability	Percentage of eyes with achieved manifest refractive spherical equivalence (MRSE) within +/- 0.50 D and +/- 1.00 D. Achieved MRSE for each eye is defined as postoperative MRSE minus targeted MRSE.	Difference between Baseline visit and Postoperative visit at 10-14 weeks after cataract surgery on the second eye.
Rate of Bothersome Ocular Symptoms	Patient-Reported Visual Symptom Questionnaire (PRVSQ) Rating Results at 3 months postoperative	3 months postoperative
Mean Change in Total Meibomian Gland Score From Baseline to 1 Month Postoperative	Total Meibomian Gland Score: Fifteen Meibomian Glands (five temporally, centrally and nasally) in the lower eye are assessed on a scale of 0 - 3 (0 - No secretion, 1 - Inspissated (toothpaste consistency), 2 - Colored/cloudy liquid secretion or 3 - Clear liquid oil secretion). The sum of all 15 glands constitute the total meibomian gland secretion score (range 0-45).	Preoperative Visit (Baseline) and Postoperative Visit between 30-60 days after cataract surgery on the second eye.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
• Investigators: Study Director: Priya Janakiraman, OD, Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 16, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 13, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 13, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 12, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 17, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 27, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 1, 2021
• Last Verified: March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Eye Diseases; Lens Diseases; Eyelid Diseases; Cataract; Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
• Other Study ID Numbers: DRYE-102-SELF

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

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