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Comparative role of 20% cord blood serum and 20% autologous serum in dry eye associated with Hansen's disease: a tear proteomic study
  1. Somnath Mukhopadhyay1,
  2. Swarnali Sen2,
  3. Himadri Datta2
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  2. 2Cornea and Refractive Surgery Services, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Department of Ophthalmology, Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital, 138 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700014, India; dr_somnath{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

Background To compare the role of topically applied serum therapy with preservative-free artificial tear (AT) drops in patients with moderate to severe dry eye in Hansen's disease along with change in tear protein profile.

Methods 144 consecutive patients were randomly divided into three groups. After a baseline examination of clinical parameters, each of the patients received designated modality of topical therapy six times a day for 6 weeks. Post-treatment documentation of clinical parameters was done at 6 weeks, and then at 12 weeks after discontinuation of topical therapy. Analysis of three tear proteins using gel electrophoresis (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) was done at baseline, at the first and second post-treatment visits.

Results In the cord blood serum (CBS) group, except for McMonnies score and staining score, all other clinical parameters showed continued improvement in the first and second post-treatment analyses. In the autologous serum (ALS) group, all the clinical parameters except Schirmer's I showed significant improvement in the first post-treatment analysis .This was sustained at a significant level in the second analysis except for tear film break-up time (TBUT) and conjunctival impression cytology grading. In the AT group, all the parameters improved at a non-significant level except for TBUT in the first analysis. In the next analysis, apart from McMonnies score and TBUT, other clinical parameters did not improve. In the ALS and CBS groups, tear lysozyme, lactoferrin levels improved in both post-treatment measurements (statistically insignificant).Total tear protein continued to increase at statistically significant levels in the first and second post-treatment analyses in the CBS group and at a statistically insignificant level in the ALS group. In the AT group, the three tear proteins continued to decrease in both the analyses.

Conclusions In moderate to severe dry eye in Hansen's disease, serum therapy in comparison with AT drops, improves clinical parameters and causes betterment in tear protein profile.

Trial registration number CTRI/2013/07/003802.

  • Clinical Trial
  • Conjunctiva
  • Cornea
  • Tears
  • Ocular surface

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