Filtering serum eye drops: does it remove key healing molecules?
NCT ID NCT07407101
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study involved 10 adults with severe dry eye disease who did not respond to standard treatments. Researchers measured levels of growth factors and vitamins in autologous serum eye drops before and after filtration, to see if filtering reduces their concentration. The goal is to help standardize how these drops are made in France.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous serum eye drops
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help standardize the preparation of autologous serum eye drops, potentially improving treatment consistency for severe dry eye disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 10 participants, focused on lab measurements rather than patient outcomes. Results may not translate to better symptom relief.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Finished
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May 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * adult patients * patients covered by health insurance * patients managed by the Ophtalmology Department of the University Hospital of Limoges * patients diagnosed with dry eyes syndrome, who have not responded to conventionnal treatments * free, informed, written and signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * person incapable of consent * legal guardianship or wardship * patient who does not wish to know the results of serological tests Secondary exclusion criteria: \- a positive serology for at least of of the following agents (HIV, HCV, HBV or syphilis)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Limoges
Limoges, 87042, France
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