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CompletedNCT05056233Updated Feb 22, 2023

Systane Hydration in Subjects Undergoing Cataract Surgery

An interventional study of Systane Hydration lubricant eye drops in Dry Eye Disease and Cataract, sponsored by Alcon Research. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-22.

Sponsored by Alcon Research (part of Alcon) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate reduced corneal staining with use of Systane Hydration among subjects with dry eye disease (DED) undergoing routine cataract removal and monofocal intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

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Subjects will attend 6 scheduled study visits for an individual duration of participation of 6 weeks. One eye (study eye) will be followed.

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Conditions studied

  • Dry Eye Disease
  • Cataract
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In context

Dry Eye Syndromes

1,325 studies on the registry are indexed under Dry Eye Syndromes; 193 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 35 is below the median of 60 across 1,103 interventional studies indexed under Dry Eye Syndromes.

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Lead sponsor

Alcon Research is the lead sponsor of 624 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

Of its 111 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 100 (90%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Seeking routine (age-related) cataract extraction with monofocal intraocular lens implantation;
  • Able to provide informed consent;
  • Willing and able to attend all study visits and comply with treatment;
  • Have dry eyes per dry eye questionnaire.
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria may apply.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who use of ocular drugs, other than the test article (for treatment group only) and other standard of care postoperative medications, during the study;
  • History of intraocular or corneal surgery in the study eye;
  • Use of artificial tears, steroids, or other medications as specified in the protocol;
  • Clinically significant corneal scarring;
  • Corneal degeneration, retinal degeneration or other ocular pathology as specified in the protocol.
  • Other protocol-specified exclusion criteria may apply.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
35 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Systane Hydration

    Systane Hydration lubricant eye drops dosed 4 times a day for 6 weeks (2 weeks prior to surgery and 4 weeks post surgery), with investigator defined post-operative standard of care

    Other: Systane Hydration lubricant eye drops

  • No intervention
    No Treatment

    Investigator defined post-operative standard of care

Interventions

  • OtherSystane Hydration lubricant eye drops

    Sterile solution indicated for the temporary relief of burning and irritation due to dryness of the eye

    Also known as: Systane Hydration® Ophthalmic Solution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Corneal staining

    The National Eye Institute (NEI) grading scale will be used to evaluate the five corneal regions: Superior, inferior, central, temporal and nasal. Each region will be graded on a 0-3 scale, where 0 = normal (no staining), 1 = mild/superficial stippling micropunctate staining, 2 = moderate/macropunctate staining with some coalescent areas, and 3 = severe/numerous coalescent macropunctate areas and/or patches. The regions will be summed for a resultant overall score of 0 to 15.

    Time frame: Up to Day 30 post-operative

Secondary outcomes

  1. DEQ-5 Score

    The Dry Eye Questionnaire-5 (DEQ-5) is a patient-reported outcome measures questionnaire designed to assess symptoms of dry eye disease. Subjects will respond to 5 questions using a 0-4 Likert-type scale, for a resultant overall score of 0 (best) to 20 (worst).

    Time frame: Up to Day 30 post-operative

  2. Ocular Comfort Questionnaire Score: My eyes are comfortable

    Subjects will provide a comfort score (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree) to the following question: "My eyes are comfortable."

    Time frame: Up to Day 30 post-operative

  3. Ocular Comfort Questionnaire Score: At the end of the day, my eyes feel comfortable

    Subjects will provide a comfort score (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree) to the following question: "At the end of the day, my eyes feel comfortable."

    Time frame: Up to Day 30 post-operative

  4. Ocular Comfort Questionnaire Score: My eyes are comfortable all day long

    Subjects will provide a comfort score (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree) to the following question: "My eyes are comfortable all day long."

    Time frame: Up to Day 30 post-operative

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Study locations

1 site
  • Principal Investigator
    Valladolid, 47012, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2022 to primary completion in Jan 2023, 11 months.

Of 108 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Dry Eye Syndromes, half reached primary completion within 8 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 13. This study's 11 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 293 studies reached it within 10 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 18.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 15, 2021
First posted
Sep 24, 2021
StartActual
Jan 18, 2022
Primary completionActual
Jan 12, 2023
CompletionActual
Jan 12, 2023
Last update
Feb 22, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 22, 2023, 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
NCT05056233
Lead sponsor
Alcon Research
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 24, 2021
Start date
Jan 18, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 12, 2023
Completion
Jan 12, 2023
Last update
Feb 22, 2023

Study contacts

Sr. Clinical Trial Lead, CDMA Surgical
study director · Alcon Research, LLC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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