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TFSTABEvaluation of Tear Film Stability Using TearScience™ LipiView™ II and Keratograph® 5M with Miebo®

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Study Aim

This study aims to evaluate the impact of Miebo® on the thickness of your tear film's lipid layer, as measured by the TearScience™ LipiView™ II Ocular Surface Interferometer, to understand how it affects your tear film stability.

What is being tested

Determine the ability of the TearScience™ LipiView™ II Ocular Surface Interferometer and the Keratograph® 5M to detect tear film stability utilizing Miebo®

Drug
Who is being recruted

Eye Diseases

+ Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases

+ Dry Eye Syndromes

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Basic Science Study

Phase 4
Interventional
Study Start: June 2026
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Summary

Principal SponsorThe Eye Care Institute
Study ContactKristy A Amores, BSMore contacts
Last updated: July 23, 2026
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Study start date: June 26, 2026

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Determine the ability of the TearScience™ LipiView™ II Ocular Surface Interferometer and the Keratograph® 5M to detect tear film stability utilizing Miebo® by examining potential differences in various tear film assessments before dosing Miebo® and at multiple timepoints post-Miebo® dosing

Principal SponsorThe Eye Care Institute
Study ContactKristy A Amores, BSMore contacts
Last updated: July 23, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

20 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Basic Science Study

Basic science studies help researchers understand how the body works or how a disease develops. They don't test treatments, but they build the foundation for future therapies.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Eye DiseasesLacrimal Apparatus DiseasesDry Eye Syndromes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. At least 18 years of age at the time of consent 2. Able to provide written voluntary informed consent 3. Must have a normal pre-corneal tear film in one or both eyes\[MC4.1\]\[AA4.2\] 4. Subjects cannot have instilled any topical ocular drops (including OTC lubricant drops) within 24 hours of the study visit. 5. Able and willing to follow instructions, including participation in all trial assessments and visits Exclusion Criteria: 1. Have any clinically significant ocular surface slit-lamp findings in either eye and/or, in the opinion of the Investigator, have any findings that could interfere with trial parameters including: 1. History of Stevens-Johnson syndrome 2. Active blepharitis or lid margin inflammation 3. DED secondary to scarring, irradiation, alkali burns, cicatricial pemphigoid, or destruction of conjunctival goblet cells (as with vitamin A deficiency) 4. Abnormal lid anatomy causing incomplete eyelid closure 5. Abnormal cornea shape (keratoconus) 6. Corneal epithelial defect or significant confluent staining or filaments 7. History of ocular malignancy 2. Pterygium in either eye 3. Use of any of the following ocular therapies in the study eye within 24 hours prior to Visit 1: Vuity®, VIZZ™, topical ocular steroid treatments, topical antibiotics, prescription dry eye therapy including varenicline nasal spray, over the counter dry eye therapy (such as artificial tears, re-wetting drops, or Lumify®), TrueTear™ device (intranasal tear neurostimulator), or topical anti-glaucoma medication 4. Have active uncontrolled ocular allergies or ocular allergies that are expected to be active during the trial period 5. Have undergone intraocular surgery or ocular laser surgery in the study eye within 3 months prior to Visit 1; have undergone refractive surgery in the study eye within 6 months prior to Visit 1 6. Have worn contact lenses within 24 hours prior to Visit 1. 7. Have active ocular or systemic infection (bacterial, viral, or fungal), including fever 8. Female subjects who are pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy 9. Female subjects of childbearing potential who are not using an acceptable means of birth control; acceptable methods of contraception include hormonal (oral, implantable, injectable, or transdermal) contraception; mechanical (spermicide in conjunction with a barrier such as a diaphragm or condom) contraception; intrauterine device; or surgical sterilization of partner. For non-sexually active female subjects, abstinence may be regarded as an adequate method of birth control; however, if the subject becomes sexually active during the trial, she must agree to use adequate birth control as defined above for the remainder of the trial 10. Have an uncontrolled systemic disease that, in the opinion of the Investigator, will interfere with the trial 11. Have a known allergy and/or sensitivity to the investigational product or diagnostic substances (e.g. fluorescein) to be used in the study 12. Are currently enrolled in any investigational or device study or have used Miebo® within 24 hours prior to Visit

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Determine the ability of the TearScience™ LipiView™ II Ocular Surface Interferometer and the Keratograph® 5M to detect tear film stability utilizing Miebo® by examining potential differences in various tear film assessments before dosing Miebo® and at multiple timepoints post-Miebo® dosing

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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Butchertown Clinical Trials

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