Lifitegrast for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

2016202 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Edward J. Holland · Cincinnati Eye Institute

Jodi Luchs · South Shore Eye Care

Paul Karpecki · The Eye Care Institute

Kelly K. Nichols · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mitchell Jackson

Kenneth Sall · Sall Research Medical Center

Joseph Tauber · Tauber Eye Center

Abstract

Lifitegrast significantly improved symptoms of eye dryness, as measured by EDS, versus placebo in participants with DED. Improvement in EDS was observed as early as day 14. Lifitegrast appeared well tolerated.

Topics & Keywords

Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Glaucoma and retinal disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Ophthalmology

Volume 124, Issue 1, pp. 53-60

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.09.025

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