U.S., Sept. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07812129) titled 'Insulin Eye Drops and Epithelial Healing After Corneal Cross-linking' on Sept. 04.
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial was to learn if topical insulin eye drops affected corneal epithelial wound healing after corneal collagen cross-linking. The main questions it aimed to answer were:
Does topical insulin accelerate corneal epithelial healing after corneal collagen cross-linking? Does it affect post-operative pain?
Participants were all diagnosed as having bilateral progressive Keratoconus and were already scheduled for bilateral cross-linking:
Post-operatively, they were asked to apply insulin eye drops in one eye onl...