Dry Eye Disease

Klarity-C was a suitable alternative treatment for patients with dry eye disease, according to a study published in Clinical Ophthalmology.

While most people did not report an increase in dry eye symptoms, a significant number said they experienced some ocular discomfort when wearing a face mask, according to results from a survey published in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.

Treating dry eye with 0.6% povidone-iodine eye drops in patients with damaged ocular surfaces was “safe and well tolerated,” according to data published the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Intense pulsed light therapy and meibomian gland expression improved symptoms in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction, according to a prospective study published in Eye & Contact Lens.

ROME — Dry eye should be diagnosed and aggressively treated before cataract surgery because it may compromise presurgical keratometry readings and visual outcomes, according to one specialist speaking at OSN Italy.

ROME — Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who use a continuous positive airway pressure device or other nasal mask therapy device are predisposed to develop dry eye disease, according to a study presented at OSN Italy.

ROME — The FDA study leading to approval of intense pulsed light treatment with OptiLight technology confirmed the good results seen over many years in patients with dry eye who often do not respond to other treatments.

Bausch + Lomb and Novaliq have completed enrollment in a second phase 3 study investigating NOV03 for the treatment of signs and symptoms of dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction, according to a press release.

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Reproxalap, an inhibitor to reactive aldehyde species, may be a critical tool in the future of treating a number of ocular inflammatory conditions, according to a presentation at Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is.

In my most recent edition of The Dry Eye in Ocular Surgery News, I reviewed the bare bones background in which dry eye disease pioneers worked when it came to treatments.