Conditions: Dry Eye
Keywords: Post LASIK dry eye Pre LASIK dry eye Hypromellose
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 170
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is designed to assess the tolerability and comfort of peri-operative 0.3% hypromellose eye drops in LASIK surgery patients and to assess whether pre-operative 0.3% hypromellose eye drops add to post-operative comfort in LASIK surgery patients compared to control (no pre-operative lubricant).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Pre-LASIK 0.3% hypromellose intervention 2: Post-LASIK 0.3% hypromellose
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Patients self-administered GenTeal eye drops qid (quarter in die, 4 times a day) starting 5 days prior to LASIK surgery and continuing through 1 month after LASIK surgery. intervention 2: Patients self-administered GenTeal eye drops qid (quarter in die, 4 times a day) starting on the day of LASIK surgery and continuing through 1 month after surgery.

Protocol document: