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. 2025 Jan 16;2025:6504111. doi: 10.1155/joph/6504111

Table 2.

Changes in signs and symptoms between baseline and last follow-up across studies.

No. Year Design Symptoms OSDI TBUT STT MGD MMP-9 OSS⁣ ER TM BCVA TO TD Side effects
1 2021 RCR 2 vs.⁣1
2 2020 CSS 2/↑3 +2/+3
3 2020 CSS 2/↑3 2/↑3 2/↑3 2/↑3 +2/+3
4 2020 RCR +
5 2020 RCT 2 vs. 4 (↑2 vs. 4) 2/↑4 2 vs. 4 2 vs. 4
7 2019 PL (↑) —/(↑) +
8 2019 RCR +
9 2018 RCT (↑) +
10 2017 RCT 2 vs. 5 +
11 2017 PL
12 2015 RCT 2 vs. 5 +
13 2014 RCT 2 vs. 5 2 vs. 5 +2/(+5)
14 2011 RCT (↑2 vs. 5) 2 vs. 5 2 vs. 5 2 vs. 5 +

Note: ↑ = improvement, — = no difference, (↑) = trend towards improvement, + = side effects reported. Arrows and plusses without a number designate lifitegrast.

Abbreviations: BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; CSS, cross-sectional survey; ER, eyelid redness; MGD, meibomian gland dysfunction grading; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase-9 levels; OSDI, Ocular Surface Disease Index; OSS⁣, ocular surface staining; PL, prospective longitudinal study; RCR, retrospective chart review, RCT, randomized controlled trial; STT, Schirmer tear test; TBUT, tear film breakup time; TD, tear debris; TM, tear meniscus level; TO, tear osmolarity.

1Artificial tears.

2Lifitegrast.

3Cyclosporine.

4Thermal pulsation procedure.

5Placebo/vehicle.

OSS includes conjunctival and corneal staining scores, corneal fluorescein stain, conjunctival staining score, conjunctival staining (lissamine green), inferior corneal staining score, superficial punctate keratitis.