a randomized, investigator-blind, interventinal study will compare the effect of benzalkonium-chloride (BAK) preserved and preservative-free (PF) eye drops on conjunctival goblet cells.
The investigators will conduct a randomized, investigator-blind, interventinal study on 28 subjects. Each subject will apply a benzalkonium-chloride (BAK) preserved eye drop (Xalatan) in one eye and a preservative-free (PF) eye drop (Monoprost) in the other for 3 months. Which eye gets which treatment is randomized. Before and after treatment a conjunctival print will be made and the effect of the eye drops on goblet cell density will be evaluated along with effect on the intraocular pressure.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
28
Department of ophthalmology, rigshospitalet.glostrup
Glostrup Municipality, Danmark, Denmark
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDepartment of drug design and pharmacology, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
RECRUITINGGoblet cell density
Change in goblet cell density
Time frame: 3 months
Intraocular pressure
change in intraocular pressure
Time frame: 3 months
Ocular surface
change in oxford scheme grading
Time frame: 3 months
Mucin content in tear film
change in mucin concentration
Time frame: 3 months
Cytokines in tear film
change in concentration of detectable interleukins e.g. interleukin 6
Time frame: 3 months
Ocular surface disease index evaluation
Change in OSDI
Time frame: 3 months
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