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A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF ORAL BIOENHANCED CURCUMIN IN DRY EYE DISEASE

A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF ORAL CURCUMIN IN DRY EYE DISEASE

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/01/039537
Enrollment
40
Registered
2022-01-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-02-21

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: H04- Disorders of lacrimal system

Interventions

Intervention1: BIOENHANCED CURCUMIN ( CURCUMIN WITH ESSENTIAL OIL OF CURCUMIN): BIOENHANCED CURCUMIN 500mg ROUTE: ORAL ADMINISTRATION FREQUENCY: TWICE A DAY DURATION : 90 DAYS Control Intervention1: P

Sponsors

rp centre of ophthalmic sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 6. Inclusion criteria: 1) >= 18 years of age 2) provision of written informed consent to participate; 3) for females of childbearing potential, a negative pregnancy test result at baseline 4) Mild to Moderate dry eye disease OSDI score of >= 19.5 and Tear osmolarity >= 316 mOsm/L, in at least one eye 5) Best corrected visual acuity >= 20/40 6) IOP

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria : 1) Diabetes mellitus; 2) consumption of curcumin oral supplements in the three months prior to enrolment 3) history of contact lens use 1 month prior 4) history of prior ocular surgery 5) history of over the-counter, herbal, prescription, or nutritional supplement use. 6) presence of any ocular comorbidity i.e., active ocular infection or ocular inflammation, active ocular allergy, a severe blepharitis, which in the judgment of the investigator, may interfere with the interpretation of the study results

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES Tear osmolarity Ocular surface disease index SECONDARY OUTCOMES MEASURES Tear film stability Ocular redness Tear inflammatory cytokines (IL1, IL6, IL8, MMP9, TNFα) Timepoint: 0 MONTH 1 MONTH 2 MONTH 3 MONTH

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
SECONDARY OUTCOMES MEASURES Tear film stability Ocular redness Tear inflammatory cytokines (IL1, IL6, IL8, MMP9, TNFα) Timepoint: 0 MONTH 1 MONTH 2 MONTH 3 MONTH

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDIKSHIT KAPIL

RP CENTRE OF OPHTHALMIC SCIENCES AIIMS NEW DELJI

drtushar@gmail.com9810382552

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026