Intense Pulsed Light Study for Dry Eye Disease

Inclusion Criteria

• Willing and able to provide informed consent;
• Diagnosed with evaporative dry eye disease with symptoms for 6 months or more;
• Able and willing to comply with follow-up visits, phone calls and intense pulsed light treatments;
• Agree to using an effective method of birth control during the course of the study;
• Agree to continue current dry eye treatments during the course of the study;
• Fitzpatrick skin scale of 1 (very fair) to 4 (olive) as determined by an investigator.

Exclusion Criteria

• Darker skinned individuals defined by the Fitzpatrick scale 5 and 6 as determined by an investigator;
• Neurotrophic keratitis;
• Ectropion, trauma, or any other lid abnormalities;
• Previous diagnosis of Stevens Johnson syndrome or graft versus host disease;
• Ocular burn, active ocular infection, or active ocular inflammation;
• Currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant in the next 5 months;
• Systemic conditions or currently taking medications which makes light therapy contraindicated (the use of doxycycline is allowed);
• Tattoos in the treatment area;
• Patients who have had intense pulsed light therapy, Lipiflow or Meibothermoflo within the past six months;
• Contact lens wear more than one time/week or history of refractive surgery;
• Glaucoma drop use
• Ophthalmic steroid use within the past 30 days;
• Punctal plugs if instilled within 30 days of the start of the study;
• Obvious asymmetry between the two eyes deemed significant by the investigators (such as punctal plugs or cautery in only one eye, etc);
• History of a trabeculectomy or tube surgery;
• Uncontrolled ocular or systemic disease;
• Ocular or eyelid surgery within the last 6 months;
• Any condition which leads the investigator to believe that the patient cannot comply with the study requirements and/or the patient may be placed at risk with participation.