Role of oral lactoferrin in post refractive surgery dry eye.

To study the impact of oral administration of lactoferrin in post refractive surgery dry eye. - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/05/067780

Enrollment

128

Registered

2024-05-21

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-27

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: H521- Myopia

Interventions

Intervention1: Lactoferrin: Lactoferrin is a multifunctional protein occurring in many biological secretions including milk. It is primarily extracted from bovine milk and used as a nutritional suppl

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients undergoing refractive surgery. 2.Willingness to sign written informed consent and follow up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with a history of ocular surgery other than refractive surgery. 2.Pregnancy and feeding mothers. 3.Lactose intolerance or cow milk allergy. 4.Patients not willing for participate and follow ups.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of post refractive surgery dry eye comes to 10% from 35% at 6 month post surgeryTimepoint: Dry eye work up will be done at baseline, before refractive surgery then 1 week, 1 month, 3 month and 6 month post surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Bioavailability of lactoferrin in tear filmTimepoint: Tear samples will be collected at baseline, before surgery then 1 month, 3 month and 6 month post refractive surgery	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactChetan

Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.

namrata.sharma@gmail.com9810856988

Outcome results

None listed

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