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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00600288
Date of registration: 11/01/2008
Primary sponsor: Merck
Public title: Study of the Effect of Diquafosol Tetrasodium Ophthalmic Solution, 2% Versus Placebo in Dry Eye Subjects
Scientific title: A Multi-Center, Parallel-Group, Double-Masked, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effects of Diquafosol Tetrasodium Ophthalmic Solution, 2% and Placebo in Subjects With Dry Eye Disease
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 261
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00600288
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Saiid Davari
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Merck
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Provide written informed consent prior to any study procedures being performed.

- Have a best corrected visual acuity (BCVAof +0.7 or better.

- Have a history of dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca) in both eyes

- Have ongoing dry eye disease, in the same qualifying eye or both eyes.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Have previously had LASIK refractive surgery.

- Use of topical ophthalmic medications, preps, gels and lid scrubs during study.

- Have had penetrating intraocular surgery in the past 90 days.

- Have had other ocular surface surgery (e.g., refractive, pterygium) within the past
year.

- Have a diagnosis of an on-going ocular infection, clinically significant blepharitis,
lid margin inflammation, Stevens-Johnson syndrome or pemphigoid.

- Any serious ocular systemic disease or uncontrolled medical condition.

- Exposure to any investigational drug within 30 days of study start.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dry Eye Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: diquafosol tetrasodium Ophthalmic Solution, 2%
Drug: Non-preserved saline solution (Placebo)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in fluorescein staining scores of the cornea [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Safety and Tolerability [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
03-111
P08634
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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