Evaluation of the efficacy of warming by using commercially-available hot eye masks for normal and dry eye patients

Evaluation of the efficacy of warming by using commercially-available hot eye masks for normal and dry eye patients - The efficacy of warming by hot eye mask

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000016231

Enrollment

Registered

2015-01-16

Start date

2015-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Dry eye

Interventions

hot eye mask without menthol, 10 minutes, single application hot eye mask with menthol, 10 minutes, single application hot eye mask without menthol, 10 minutes, repeat application for two weeks hot ey

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects of dry eye symptoms with DEQS questionnaire score over than 30 points. Subjects obtained written informed consent Soft contact lens users Subjects without any past history of contact lens wearing Subjects who diagnosed as definite dry eye or dry eye suspected based on the criteria determined by Dry eye society in Japan.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects with ocular diseases except dry eye Subjects with any other diseases which requires treatments Subjects with allergy reaction to warming Subjects with applying any eye drops Subjects who does not like the menthol smell.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
ocular symptoms, slitlamp micrography, corneaconjunctival epithalial disorders, non-contact meibography	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactReiko Arita

Itoh Clinic Ophthalmology

ritoh@za2.so-net.ne.jp048-686-5588

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026