Dry eye disease occurs when your tears aren’t able to provide enough lubrication for your eyes. There are many reasons for this tear film dysfunction including hormone changes, allergies, and autoimmune disease. Treatment aims to restore or maintain the normal amount of tears in the eye to minimise discomfort and maintain eye health. View our current studies into dry eyes.
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You are a potential participant for the study if
- You are above 18 years of age.
- You have signs and symptoms or being diagnosed with dry eyes.
- If you are on systemic anti-inflammatory therapy such as steroids, Immunosuppressants you must not have changed the medications in the past 3 months.
- Your systemic disease activity is under control since the past 3 months.
- You don’t have any other ocular pathology other than dry eye disease.
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Would the research study be a good fit for me?
The study might be a good fit for you if:
- Are aged over 18 years
- Currently have been diagnosed with immune disease-related dry eye.
- Have no previous probiotic or prebiotic commercial supplement intake in the last three months
- Are willing to provide written informed consent and willing to comply with consuming the probiotic and prebiotic products and adhering to the clinical trial visit schedule
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You are a potential participant for the study if:
- You are above 18 years of age.
- You do not wear contact lenses on the day of the visits.
- You are non-contact lens wearers OR soft contact lens wearers of at least 5 hours wear for at least 5 days a week.
- You are not current or previous wearers of hard contact lenses, including Ortho-K lenses.
- You can participate in this clinical experiment (about one hour, one visit ) by the beginning of March.