Clinical Trial: Observation on the Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Observation on Effect of Anti--inflammatory and Inhibition of Recurrence on the Herpes Simplex Keratitis After Topical NSAIDs Administration
Brief Summary: As is reported, NSAIDs(pranoprofen ,bromfenac) eye drops can suppress herpes simplex virus（HSV-1） reactivation and reduce inflammatory reaction in vitro and in vivo. In Clinical, there is no risk of corneal tissue melting, glaucoma, cataract by topical application of NSAIDs. To explore more effective clinical treatment of viral keratitis patients to control the inflammatory damage, save the visual function and reduce the recurrence of the virus ,we observe the effect of anti-inflammatory and inhibition of recurrence on the herpes simplex virus after topical NSAIDs administration.
Detailed Summary: Viral keratitis has now become the highest incidence and the most severe-caused blindness corneal disease in the worldwide, as is superior to bacterial keratitis and fungal keratitis. At present, clinical treatments mainly depend on local and systematic use of antiviral drugs for viral keratitis, which can inhibit replication of viruses in corneal tissues and directly damage viral action. However, basal studies for viral keratitis have suggested that pathological immune injury produced by the body also play an important role in the formation of corneal ulcer, the damage of visual function in patients, during the necrotic stromal inflammation phase, endotheliitis phase and even serious combination of iridocyclitis phase of viral keratitis. There is, however, a larger controversy in the hormone therapy for this disease clearly caused by pathological immune injury in medical world. Patients with infectious keratitis caused by viral infection, who receive hormone treatment, may cause viral replication enhanced and out of control, and hormone itself could also cause spontaneous corneal tissues fusion; hence, treatments combined with hormone have a certain risks. In clinical treatments, permanent corneal opacity caused by corneal inflammation responses will cause patients permanent visual acuity loss, after patients' corneal lesions were controlled with simple use of antiviral drugs. Another important reason is the high incidence of blindness caused by viral keratitis: herpesvirus, such as herpes simplex virus and herpes zoster virus, will involve trigeminal ganglia and hide after primary infection, and will repeatedly recur under the stimulation of excessive drinking, menstruation, taking a cold and operation etc.. Viral keratitis often does not cause patients severe visual impairment at initial onset. But, viruses in patients with herpes simplex virus keratitis show extremely high recurrence rates. As suggested in epidemiologic studies in the Euro-American countries, it
Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College
Current Primary Outcome: inhibition of recurrence on the herpes simplex virus [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: Peking Union Medical College
Dates:
Date Received: January 5, 2017
Date Started: November 2016
Date Completion: September 2018
Last Updated: January 5, 2017
Last Verified: January 2017
