Improved Signs and Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease for Restasis Patients Following a Single Tearcare Treatment: Phase 2 of the SAHARA Study.

Purpose: To evaluate dry eye disease (DED) signs and symptoms six months after a single treatment with Localized Heat Therapy (LHT) (TearCare, Sight Sciences) for patients previously treated for six months with cyclosporine (0.05%) ophthalmic emulsion (CsA) BID (Restasis, Allergan).

Setting: Nineteen ophthalmic and optometric practices in 11 US states.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Tearcare and Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease (SAHARA).

Purpose: We compare outcomes in eyes with dry eye disease (DED) treated with TearCare (TC) or topical cyclosporine 0.05% (RESTASIS; CsA).

Setting: Nineteen ophthalmic and optometric practices in 11 US states.

Dual-Polymer Drops, Contact Lens Comfort, and Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy.

Purpose: This study compared a new contact lens rewetting drop containing both carboxymethylcellulose and hyaluronic acid (CMC-HA) with a standard drop containing carboxymethylcellulose only (CMC). Symptoms of discomfort typical in lens wear and lid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) were assessed over a 3-month period in a diverse sample of contact lens wearers.

Methods: Adapted daily-wear contact lens subjects using hydrogel, silicone hydrogel, or rigid gas permeable lenses were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-masked, parallel-group, 90-day study conducted at 15 clinical sites.

Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens for moderate myopia and hyperopia.

Background: As part of the United States Food and Drug Administration Phase III clinical trial, patients were implanted with the STAAR posterior chamber phakic intraocular contact lens (ICL). The trial is designed to test the safety and efficacy of this new lens for the treatment of moderate-to-high myopia and hyperopia.

Methods: Data were collected from 20 hyperopes--mean preoperative spherical equivalent, +5.