Efficacy and safety of two new formulations of artificial tears in subjects with dry eye disease: A 3-month, multicenter, active-controlled, randomized trial

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 665-675

  Simmons, Peter A ^a   Liu, Haixia ^a   Carlisle Wilcox, Cindy ^a   Vehige, Joseph G ^a  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carmellose; Dry eye syndromes; Hyaluronic acid; Ophthalmic solutions

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; ERYTHRITOL; GLYCEROL; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE IRRITATION; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; BLURRED VISION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONJUNCTIVAL STAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL STAINING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY EYE; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84929578380     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S78184     Document Type: Article

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