Patients with dry eye complicated by Sjogren's syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria will be considered (1) Written consent has been obtained from the patient or a surrogate (2) Men and women who are at least 18 years of age at the time of consent acquisition. (3) Patient must have a diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome based on the revised diagnostic criteria of the Ministry of Health in 1999. (4) Patient has a diagnosis of dry eye based on the revised dry eye practice guideline criteria by the 2019 Dry Eye Study Group Practice Guideline Development Committee.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria will be considered. (1) Patients with active inflammatory ocular or eyelid disease. (2) Patients with eyelid closure defects. (3) Patients with a history of graft-versus-host disease. (4) Other persons deemed by the principal investigator or subinvestigator to be inappropriate for the safe conduct of this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in fluorescein staining score (van Bijsterfeld method) from the start of treatment (Day 1) to Week 12 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary efficacy endpoints The following changes from the start of treatment (Day 1) to Weeks 4 and 12 (1) Dry Eye related Quality of life Score (2) Tear film break-up time (3) Tear meniscus (4) Schirmer test (5) Change in fluorescein staining score (FCS) Secondary safety endpoints (1) Number and percentage of adverse events and serious adverse events (2) Newly treated eye diseases and percentages | — |
Contacts
Chiba University Hospital