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SUBMITTER: Hovanesian J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7502384 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hovanesian John J Epitropoulos Alice A Donnenfeld Eric D ED Holladay Jack T JT
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 20200916
<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the effect of lifitegrast ophthalmic solution 5% on improving the tear film, biometry/keratometry, and refractive accuracy for dry eye patients scheduled for cataract surgery.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Multicenter, prospective, open-label study of 100 eyes of 100 patients undergoing cataract surgery who had a confirmed diagnosis of dry eye. Patients underwent biometry at baseline and again after a 28-day course of lifitegrast 5% BID. Primary outcome was an improvem ...[more]