Acupuncture Treatment of Dry Eye

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Xeropthalmia; Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

Treatments: Procedure: Sham acupuncture; Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00554879

WU # 07-23024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye by replicating the study design of the previous protocol and to see the study through to its completion.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Military healthcare beneficiary
• Male and female patients, at least 18 years of age
• Diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca or xerophthalmia (dry eyes) in one or both eyes
• Persistent signs and symptoms despite conventional therapy for at least three months

Exclusion criteria

• Contact lens wear
• Intraocular surgery or laser in the study eye within 90 days prior to enrolling in the study
• History of any medical condition or circumstance that would preclude scheduled visits or completion of the study
• Known history of adverse reaction to acupuncture
• Pregnancy or breast feeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Acupuncture

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture

2

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham Acupuncture

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham acupuncture