Impact of Tear Substitute Use on Dry Eye in Gamers. (HYAGAME)

Thea Pharma

Status

Completed

Conditions

Evaporative Dry Eye

Treatments

Other: Preservative free hyaluronic acid artificial tear

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Other

Identifiers

NCT05536661

THEA-HYA-GAMERS-2019-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical, prospective, comparative, controlled, single-blind study, on the signs and symptoms of dry eye before and after 3 days of playing video games with the use of artificial tears (Hyabak) versus no intervention.

Full description

Adult attendees to a Gamers convention will complete questionnairs and undergo an opthalmological evaluation before and after playing for 3 days in a row. Participants will be randomized into 2 groups of equal size:

Study group.
Control group. The Study group will instill hyaluronic acid 0.15% artificial tears in both eyes 4 times a day during the 3 days of the video game session, while the control group will not instill artificial tears.

Enrollment

56 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18 years or older
Participants in videogame convention planning to play video games for a minimum of 6 hours daily for the next 3 days.
Voluntarily accept to participate and sign informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

Ocular, nasolagrimal or palpebral active condition different from dry eye disease.
History of ocular trauma or infecction in the last 3 months previous to inclusion.
History of refractive surgery.
Visual acuity 0.5 or less in at least 1 eye.
Ocular medication use in the 3 days prior to inclusion.
History of systemic condition asociated to dry eye.
Use of systemic medication known to induce dry eye in the last 30 days.
Known allergy to hyaluronic acid.
Pregnant or lactating women.