Probiotics for Treatment of Chalazion in Adults

NCT ID: NCT04342507

Last Updated: 2020-04-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-01

Study Completion Date

2020-02-29

Brief Summary

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There is growing evidence encouraging probiotics use in several diseases. The aim of the investigator's study is to define the possible beneficial impact of probiotics on adults suffering from chalazia.

Detailed Description

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Prospective comparative pilot study on 20 adults suffering from chalazion randomly divided into two groups. The first group, received conservative treatment with lid hygiene, warm compression, and dexamethasone/tobramycin ointment for at least 20 days. The second group, in addition to the conservative treatment, received a mixture of probiotic microorganisms once a day up to 3 months. Chalazia were classified according to their size into three groups: small (≤2 mm), medium (2-4 mm), or large (\>4 mm). When conservative treatment (with and without probiotics supplementation) failed to resolve the lesion, invasive methods were used, (intralesion steroid injection in medium size chalazion and surgical incision and curettage for the largest ones).

Conditions

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Chalazion

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Prospective comparative pilot study with two groups randomly divided
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group A: conservative

conservative treatment with lid hygiene, warm compression, and dexamethasone/tobramycin ointment for at least 20 days

Group Type OTHER

conservative treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

lid hygiene, warm compression, and dexamethasone/tobramycin ointment for at least 20 days.

Group B: probiotics

in addition to the conservative treatment they receive probiotics mixture (Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus) once a day up to 3 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

conservative treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

lid hygiene, warm compression, and dexamethasone/tobramycin ointment for at least 20 days.

probiotics

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

use specific probiotics in addiction to conservative treatment to modify the intestinal microbiome to ameliorate the clinical course of adults chalazia by re-establishing intestinal and immune homeostasis

Interventions

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conservative treatment

lid hygiene, warm compression, and dexamethasone/tobramycin ointment for at least 20 days.

Intervention Type OTHER

probiotics

use specific probiotics in addiction to conservative treatment to modify the intestinal microbiome to ameliorate the clinical course of adults chalazia by re-establishing intestinal and immune homeostasis

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* history of rapid onset of painful inflamed mass that had reached a stationary size for more than 2 months
* clinical appearance and location of the lesion

Exclusion Criteria

* eyelid infection
* chalazion duration \< 1 month
* nonpalpable chalazion
* suspicion of malignancy
* comorbidities (constitutional atopy and seborrheic dermatitis, hormonal dysfunction, presence of irritable bowel disease, infectious mainly related to Staphylococcus aureus and Propionibacterium acnes, demodex mite infestation, vitamin A deficiency, arterial hypertension, diabetes and pregnancy)
* personal habits (smoking, eating disorders, etc.)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Molise

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ciro Costagliola

Full Professor in Ophthalmology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ciro Costagliola, Full Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Molise

Locations

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University of Molise

Campobasso, Molise, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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08/2019

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

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