Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:11 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:11 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01808560
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this pilot feasibility study is to assess whether treating meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) prior to cataract surgery helps promote meibomian gland function, visual quality and ocular comfort after cataract surgery.
Detailed Description:
This is a post-market, prospective, non-significant risk, open-label, randomized multi-center clinical trial evaluating treatment with the LipiFlow System in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction prior to planned bilateral cataract surgery. All subjects undergo examination to determine study eligibility and to capture the Baseline status prior to surgery. Subjects are randomized to receive LipiFlow treatment (Pre-treatment group) one month before cataract surgery or no LipiFlow treatment (Untreated Control group). Cataract surgery is performed on both eyes of each subject with the second eye surgery completed within two months of the first eye. All subjects are evaluated at one month and three months after cataract surgery on the second eye with comparison of the study endpoints between the Pre-treatment and Untreated groups. To facilitate subject recruitment, the Untreated Control group receives crossover LipiFlow treatment for MGD (Post-treatment group) three months after cataract surgery on the second eye.
Study:
NCT01808560
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01808560