Difference of Tear Ferning Between Women with and Without Menopausal.
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Pre-manepausal women.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dry Eye Syndromes. Basic parameters: 20 years — 65 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
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Official title
Difference of Tear Ferning Between Pre-and Post-menopausal Women and Between Post-menopausal Women with or Without Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Overview
Application of tear ferning test for clinical dry eye diagnosis and menopause
Detailed description
Analyzing the difference in tear ferning structure between women pre and post-menopause with and without hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Tear and blood samples were collected for a menopause-related Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Tear volume, tear osmolarity, intraocular pressure, and tear break-up time were also measured for comparison.
Interventions
- Other Pre-manepausal women
Compare tear ferning structure between pre-menopause and post-menopause women.
Primary outcome measures
- Schirmer's test [Time frame: 5 minutes]
- Tear film breakup time [Time frame: 20 seconds]
- Ocular surface status [Time frame: 3 minutes]
- Tear ferning [Time frame: 30 minutes]
- Menopause related hormone Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) [Time frame: 3 hours]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Ocular surface disease index [Time frame: 20 minutes]
- Intraocular pressure [Time frame: 2 minutes]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged between 20 and 65 years
Exclusion criteria
- No evident ocular diseases such as cornea, cataracts, vitreous degeneration, glaucoma, and retinopathy.
- Belong to vulnerable groups(pregnancy woman, prisoner, ethical minorities, economic or educationally disadvantaged subjects, disabled individuals such as those at terminal stage of tumorigenesis, blindness, terminal ill individuals)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Diagnostic
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- Jen-Ai Hospital — Taichung
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06848829 · 202400071B0