TrueTear in Sjogren's Disease Patients



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Ocular, Rheumatology
Therapuetic Areas:Ophthalmology, Rheumatology
Healthy:No
Age Range:22 - Any
Updated:2/28/2019
Start Date:November 1, 2018
End Date:April 1, 2019
Contact:Erin O'Neil, MD
Email:erin.o'neil@uphs.upenn.edu
Phone:215-662-8100

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Prospective Controlled Study of Intranasal Tear Neurostimulation for Sjogrens Patients With Dry Eye Disease

The purpose of this study is to evaluate acute tear production produced by the intranasal
tear neurostimulator in participants with Sjögrens syndrome and aqueous tear deficiency. Our
primary goal is to evaluate whether Sjögrens patients respond to this intervention and
whether there is a baseline tear production level below which these patients do not respond.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with Sjögren's syndrome based on American-European Consensus Group (AECG)
American College of Rheumatology (ACR), or American College of Rheumatology/European
League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria

- Baseline Schirmer score (with topical anesthesia) of ≤10 mm/5 min and retest value
(during nasal stimulation with cotton swab) of at least 4 mm/5min higher than baseline
value

- Baseline Ocular Surface Disease Index® (OSDI) total score ≥13

- Age greater than or equal to 22 years old

- Able to complete questionnaires independently

- Willing to sign the informed consent and deemed capable of complying with the
requirements of the study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of any topical ophthalmic medication, including artificial tears, within 4 hours
of either visit

- Chronic or recurrent epistaxis, coagulation disorders or other conditions that, in the
opinion of the investigator, may lead to clinically significant increased bleeding

- Use of systemic anticoagulants

- Nasal or sinus surgery including nasal cautery or significant trauma

- Severely deviated septum

- Cardiac demand pacemaker, implanted defibrillator or other implanted electronic device

- Have an active implanted metallic or active implanted electronic device in the head, a
cardiac demand pacemaker, or an implanted defibrillator

- Known hypersensitivity to any of the procedural agents or materials in the study
device that contact the nasal mucosa

- Corneal transplant in either or both eyes

- Participation in any clinical trial within 30 days of the Screening Visit

- A woman who is pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or nursing at the Screening Visit
We found this trial at
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Principal Investigator: Giacomina Massaro-Giordano, MD
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