Status:

UNKNOWN

Metabolites of Tear Fluid

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Tuebingen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institute of Ophthalmic Research Tuebingen

Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry Tuebingen

Conditions:

Healthy Subjects

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The pilot trial evaluates the use of modified Schirmer strips and is designed to evaluate inter-individual range of metabolites in tear film.

Detailed Description

The variability of tear film metabolites should be investigated in a sample of ophthalmologists in preparation for a pilot study in patients eye diseases. The easy accessibility of the tear fluid and...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • healthy subjects at age \> 18 years

Exclusion

  • in the case of subjects with a mental disability or legal guardianship, due to possible conflicts for the caregivers, a data evaluation and recording should in principle be dispensed with.
  • subjects who have had any eye drops within the last 4 weeks, e.g. lubricants were used
  • subjects undergoing clinical examination for symptoms of wetting disorder or morphological changes related to eye disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03389282

Start Date

November 1 2013

End Date

April 1 2018

Last Update

January 3 2018

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University Eye Hospital

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 72076