Status:

COMPLETED

The Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Dry Eyes

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Conditions:

Dry Eye

Fibromyalgia

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

Dry eyes are a very common complaint. In some patients, we can identify the reason for the dryness; however, in others the dryness has no clear cause. Dryness can lead to eye irritation, redness, and ...

Detailed Description

Dry eye and fibromyalgia syndromes are most prevalent in women. Therefore, female patients seen in Kellogg Eye Center for ocular complaints of dryness, grittiness, irritation, or related symptoms, wit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy Controls:
  • Female over the age of 18, No symptoms of dry eyes, Must be able to read text on the computer screen and understand English, and not have a physical impairment that prevents you from completing a paper and pencil questionnaire or using a tablet computer
  • Fibromyalgia:
  • Female over the age of 18, No symptoms of dry eyes, Been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, Must be able to read text on the computer screen and understand English, and not have a physical impairment that prevents you from completing a paper and pencil questionnaire or using a tablet computer
  • Dry Eye:
  • Female over the age of 18, have symptoms of dry eyes, Must be able to read text on the computer screen and understand English, and not have a physical impairment that prevents you from completing a paper and pencil questionnaire or using a tablet computer

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breast feeding, use of medicated eye drops in last month (Artificial tears ok), diagnosis of autoimmune or rheumatologic disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, crohn's disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, etc), heart condition requiring daily medications (e.g. angina, congestive heart failure), COPD or asthma requiring daily inhalers (rescue inhalers ok), history of cancer in the past 2 years (skin cancer is ok), use of oral antihistamine medications (e.g. benadryl, claritin, clarinex, zyrtec, allegra, etc), use of oral anticholinergic medications (e.g. scopolamine, ditropan, detrol, ipratropium, etc)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01254201

Start Date

June 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2015

Last Update

March 15 2017

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University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105