Safety And Effectiveness Of The TearCare® System In The Treatment Of The Signs And Symptoms Of Dry Eye Disease (SAHARA)
Completed · Not applicable · NCT04795752
Conditions: Dry Eye, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $219,026
- U.S. investigators named
- 16
- Sites paid
- 16
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 345
About the trial
- Sponsor
- Sight Sciences, Inc.
- Tested
- TearCare System (device), Cyclosporine Ophthalmic 0.05% Ophthalmic Emulsion (drug)
- Dates
- Started 2021-04-28; completion 2024-09-23
- Results posted
- Yes
To demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of TearCare® procedures compared to Restasis® to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in adult patients.
From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-24. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)
Industry funding
Sight Sciences, Inc. reported $219,026 in research payments for this study in 2025 (20 payments).
Products named: Tearcare System
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Marc Bloomenstein, OD Optometrists · Scottsdale, AZ
- Julio C. Echegoyen, M.D.,PHD. Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA
- John A. Hovanesian, M.D. Ophthalmology · Laguna Hills, CA
- Brittany Mcmurren, O.D. Optometrists · San Diego, CA
- David L. Wirta, MD Ophthalmology · Newport Beach, CA
- Mitchell A. Jackson, MD Ophthalmology · Lake Villa, IL
- Shane R. Kannarr, OD Optometrists · Pittsburg, KS
- Edward J. Holland, MD Ophthalmology · Edgewood, KY
- Sonya Bamba, MD Ophthalmology · Saint Louis, MO
- Anthony J. Verachtert, O.D. Optometrists · Kansas City, MO
- Thomas M. Chester JR., O.D. Optometrists · Cleveland, OH
- Brandon D. Ayres, MD Ophthalmology · Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Francis S. Mah, MD Specialist · Pittsburgh, PA
- Leslie E. Odell, OD Optometrists · New Freedom, PA
- Stephen M. Montaquila, O.D. Optometrists · Warwick, RI
- Roberto Saenz II, OD Optometrists · San Antonio, TX
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Mrb Eye Consultants $35,434
- Moyes Eye Center PC $29,263
- Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute $27,067
- Wyse Eyecare $23,699
- Kannarr Eye Care LLC $19,185
- Pnv Clinical Research LLC $16,246
- Cleveland Eye Clinic $15,762
- Eye Research Foundation Inc. $9,905
- Holpro Vision Ltd $8,968
- Scripps Health $8,339
- Rex Aaron Werner Od Inc $6,862
- Jackson Eye Sc $5,668
- Ophthalmic PArtners PC $3,865
- Harvard Eye Associates $3,437
- $3,205
- Medical Optometry America $1,267
- West Bay Eye Associates $858
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.