A Randomized Double-Masked Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Topical Cooling Device for Chronic Ocular Surface Pain
Anat Galor, Christopher Rapuano, Alice Epitropoulos, Jayne Weiss, Stephen Pflugfelder, Preeya Gupta, Deepinder Dhaliwal, Laura Periman, Bonnie An Henderson, Thanh T Nguyen, Chameen Samarawickrama, Helen Wu, Tomasz Stryjewski, James A Stefater, Mark Hinds, Pooja Bhindi, Cristos Ifantides · 2026
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Anat Galor and many colleagues published a 2026 trial report on a cooling device for long-term eye surface pain. No drug is approved in the United States to treat eye pain itself. The device is held by hand and chills the surface of the eye above key nerves.
The trial was randomized and double-masked, so neither patients nor testers knew who got real cooling. It ran at many centers with adults aged 22 to 90 who had chronic eye surface pain. The team judged both safety and how well the cold eased pain. A drug-free tool would give eye doctors a new option for a stubborn problem. Feasibility results here set up larger tests.
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| CREATOR | Anat Galor, Christopher Rapuano, Alice Epitropoulos, Jayne Weiss, Stephen Pflugfelder, Preeya Gupta, Deepinder Dhaliwal, Laura Periman, Bonnie An Henderson, Thanh T Nguyen, Chameen Samarawickrama, Helen Wu, Tomasz Stryjewski, James A Stefater, Mark Hinds, Pooja Bhindi, Cristos Ifantides |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |