Tear Ferning Test for Dry Eye Diagnosis

NCT ID: NCT06364943

Last Updated: 2025-08-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-05

Study Completion Date

2024-05-22

Brief Summary

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Application of tear ferning test for clinical dry eye diagnosis

Detailed Description

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Comparing dry eye patients' tear ferning structure with non-dry eye patients' to develop a protocol for easy and costless diagnosis in ophthalmology.

Conditions

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Dry Eye Syndromes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dry eye patients

Collect clinical information and tear samples from patients with dry eye syndrome.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Non-Dry eye patients

Collect clinical information and tear samples from patients without dry eye syndrome.

Group Type OTHER

with/without dry eye syndrome

Intervention Type OTHER

compare tear ferning structure between dry eye and non-dry eye patients

Interventions

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with/without dry eye syndrome

compare tear ferning structure between dry eye and non-dry eye patients

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged between 20 and 65 years
* For dry eye disease group:
* Schirmer's test results between 5 - 10 mm
* Tear Film Break Up Time less than 10 seconds
* Ocular Surface Disease Index of more than 25

Exclusion Criteria

* Those have diabetes, hypertension or other chronic diseases
* No evident ocular diseases such as cornea disease, cataracts, vitreous degeneration, glaucoma, and retinopathy.
* Belong to vulnerable groups(pregnancy woman, prisoner, ethical minorities, economic or educationally disadvantaged subjects, disabled individuals such as those at terminal stage of tumorigenesis, blindness, terminal ill individuals)
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Chung Shan Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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David Pei-Cheng Lin

Chung Shan Medical University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Jen-Ai Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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202400020B0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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