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Status unknownNCT02767258Updated Feb 14, 2017

Effect of Nursing Care on Prevention of Dry Eye

An interventional study of LACRIBELL® and VIDISIC® GEL in Dry Eye Syndromes, sponsored by Diego Dias de Araújo. Status unknown at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-14.

Sponsored by Diego Dias de Araújo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Clinical trial for prevention, randomized controlled, parallel, double-blind, with three arms, which purpose is verify the nursing interventions (artificial tear gel and liquid artificial tears)effects to prevent dry eye in adult patients admitted in ICU.

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Critically ill patients are at higher risk for dry eye and the mechanisms responsible for ocular lubrication and protection can be compromised. However, the literature diverges on which is the best clinical practice for treatment. Thus, the general objective of this study was to evaluate the risk for developing dry eye in critically ill patients and the effectiveness of three types of interventions: eye gel and eyedrops (control group). The specific objectives were: verify the most effective intervention for the prevention of dry eye from the available literature and provided by: eye gel compared to the control group eyedrops who received eye care through randomized controlled clinical trial. Patients and methods: This study is a randomized controlled trial to determine the best care for the prevention of dry eye from those available on the market (eye drops and eye gel), in the period from 14/01/2016 to 31/12/2019 . The expected result is: negative values in Schirmer test and no corneal ulcers presence.

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Conditions studied

  • Dry Eye Syndromes

Keywords

  • Dry eye
  • Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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In context

Dry Eye Syndromes

1,292 studies on the registry are indexed under Dry Eye Syndromes; 191 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 60 across 1,077 interventional studies indexed under Dry Eye Syndromes.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Diego Dias de Araújo as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Be over 18 years;
  • Did not present dry eye at the time of admission;
  • Stay in the ICU for at least 24 hours;
  • Be in mechanical ventilation therapy;
  • Glance less than 5 per minute;
  • Comatose, sedated or Glasgow less than or equal to 7;
  • Consent to participate in research or have.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have not the responsabille authorization;
  • Patients with severe eye disease or with history of adverse effects after use of any of the interventions proposed and not tolerate the treatment: artificial tear gel, artificial tear liquid and saline 0.9%.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Sham Comparator: Eye drop

    Eye drop LACRIBELL® - two drops each eye, two times a day, after eye cleansing.

    Device: LACRIBELL®

  • Experimental
    VIDISIC® GEL

    Ocular gel VIDISIC® GEL applied two times a day at the lower palpebra from medium line to the lateral border.

    Device: VIDISIC® GEL

Interventions

  • DeviceLACRIBELL®

    Hypromellose and dextran based eyedrop, used in the treatment of dry eye.

    Also known as: liquid artificial tears, eyedrop

  • DeviceVIDISIC® GEL

    Carbomer based gel, used in the treatment of dry eye.

    Also known as: artificial tear gel

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dry Eye

    Interventions will be applied in both eyes of the patients from 12 to 12 hours for five consecutive days. Schirmer test will be applyed to evaluate the lacrimal volume. Fluorescein test will be applyed to evaluate the ocular surface.

    Time frame: Five consecutive days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Santa de Misericórdia Montes Claros
    Montes Claros, Minas Gerais 39402-218, Brazil
    • Diego Dias de Araújo · Contact · diego.dias1508@gmail.com · (38)3213-2150
    • Diego Dias de Araújo · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • de Araujo DD, Almeida NG, Silva PM, Ribeiro NS, Werli-Alvarenga A, Chianca TC. Prediction of risk and incidence of dry eye in critical patients. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2016;24:e2689. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0897.2689. Epub 2016 May 17. PubMed 27192415 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The study and the information provided will be confidential and used only for purposes of this research. Disclosure of information will be anonymous and in conjunction with the responses of a group of people, never individually.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 14, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02767258
Lead sponsor
Diego Dias de Araújo
Collaborators
State University of Montes Claros, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Responsible party
Diego Dias de Araújo (Teacher and Student Doctoral Nursing, Federal University of Minas Gerais) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
May 10, 2016
Start date
May 1, 2016
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 14, 2017

Study contacts

Diego D Araújo, PhD student
Contact
diego.dias1508@gmail.com
55 (38) 3213 2150 ext. Brazil
Tânia CM Chianca, PhD
Contact
taniachianca@gmail.com
55 (31) 3409 9887 ext. Brazil
Diego D Araújo, PhD student
principal investigator · State University of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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