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IMPORTANCETreatment of acquired blepharoptosis (ptosis) is currently limited to surgical intervention.OBJECTIVE To examine the efficacy and safety of oxymetazoline hydrochloride, 0.1%, ophthalmic solution (oxymetazoline, 0.1%) in participants with acquired ptosis.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This pooled analysis of 2 randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, multicenter phase 3 clinical trials included participants 9 years and older with acquired ptosis and superior visual field deficit. The 2 studies were conducted across 16 and 27 sites in the United States.

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy and safety of pilocarpine hydrochloride, 1.25%, in individuals with presbyopia.

To compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of waterfree cyclosporine formulation (CyclASol) at 2 concentrations (0.1% and 0.05% of cyclosporine [CsA]) to vehicle when applied twice daily for 16 weeks in patients with dry eye disease (DED). An open-label Restasis (Allergan, Irvine, CA) arm was included to allow a direct comparison with an approved therapy.Design: An exploratory phase II, multicenter, randomized, vehicle-controlled clinical trial, double-masked between CyclASol and vehicle with an open-label comparator.Participants: Two hundred and seven eligible patients with a history of dry eye disease were randomized 1:1:1:1 to 1 of 4 treatment arms (CyclASol 0.05%, n ¼ 51; CyclASol 0.1%, n ¼ 51; vehicle, n ¼ 52, and Restasis, n ¼ 53).Methods: After a 2-week run-in period with twice-daily dosing of Systane Balance (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX), patients were randomized to the respective treatment arm and dosed twice daily for 16 weeks.Main Outcome Measures: The study was set up to explore efficacy on a number of sign and symptom end points including total and subregion corneal fluorescein staining, conjunctival staining, visual analog scale (VAS) for dry eye symptoms VAS severity, and Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire.Results: CyclASol showed a consistent reduction in corneal and conjunctival staining compared with both vehicle and Restasis over the 16-week treatment period, with an early onset of effect (at day 14). A mixed-effects modelebased approach demonstrated that the CyclASol drug effect was statistically significant over vehicle (total corneal staining P < 0.1, central corneal staining P < 0.001, conjunctival staining P < 0.01). This model-based analysis suggests a significant CyclASol effect for OSDI as symptom parameter (P < 0.01). The numbers of ocular adverse events were low in all treatment groups.Conclusions: CyclASol showed efficacy, safety, and tolerability at 2 concentrations in moderate-to-severe DED. In a direct head-to-head against open-label Restasis, CyclASol was found to have an earlier onset of action, as early as after 2 weeks of treatment, in relieving the signs of DED, as measured by corneal and conjunctival staining. The central region of the cornea, an important area for visual function in dry eye sufferers, was shown to have the most benefit from treatment. Excellent safety, tolerability, and comfort profile supports this new CsA formulation as having a positive benefit-to-risk ratio.

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Background:Bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03% was approved in the US for reducing intraoccular pressure (IOP) based on two double-masked, active-controlled clinical trials. Four additional long-term studies (≥12 months) were conducted; however, the aggregate safety profile of the six studies has not been reported.Methods:Adverse events (AEs) were pooled from six double-masked, active-controlled, long-term clinical trials in which subjects received bimatoprost 0.03% once daily (QD) or twice daily (BID) as an eyedrop. AE terms were converted to MedDRA (V.11.0) Preferred Terms and analyzed.Results:In total, 1409 patients received more than one dose of bimatoprost 0.03% QD or BID. Most AEs were mild in severity and reported by 86.7% (QD) and 94.8% (BID) of subjects (≤12 months of treatment). AEs reported through month 12 (aggregate incidence of ≥5%) were conjunctival hyperemia, increased eyelash growth, eye pruritus, periocular skin hyperpigmentation, eye irritation, dry eye, and hypertrichosis. AE onset was generally reported within four months of treatment. The cumulative incidence of common AEs in the QD treatment group at 24–48 months was similar to that measured at 12 months of treatment.Conclusion:Bimatoprost 0.03% has a favorable safety and tolerability profile as characterized by six long-term studies. Common AEs were due to the known pharmacological activity of bimatoprost and reversible with treatment cessation.

Purpose: NOV03 has a unique dual mode of action to address dry eye disease (DED) associated with meibomian gland dysfunction. SEECASE evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of NOV03 at 2 dosing regimens compared with a saline comparator in patients with DED. Methods: SEECASE was a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-masked, saline-controlled clinical study. A total of 336 DED patients [tear film breakup time ≤5 seconds, abnormal meibum secretion, total corneal fluorescein staining (tCFS) score of 4 ≤ X ≤ 11 (National Eye Institute scale), Schirmer of ≥5 mm] were randomized in a 2:2:1:1 manner to NOV03 4 times daily (QID), NOV03 twice daily (BID), saline BID, and saline QID, respectively. The primary efficacy endpoint was tCFS staining at 8 weeks for both regimens. Secondary endpoints included visual analog scales and the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire for symptom assessment. Results: The study met its primary endpoint, change from baseline of tCFS over control, for both dosing regimens QID and BID ( P < 0.001 and P = 0.009, respectively). NOV03 also showed pronounced improvement in various symptoms. For the Eye Dryness Score, changes from baseline were statistically significant compared with those of the control at week 8 [ P < 0.001 (QID) and P = 0.002 (BID)]. Benefits on tCFS and symptoms started at 2 weeks after start of treatment and were maintained over the study duration. The effects were dosing schedule dependent. NOV03 was well tolerated with instillation site reactions below 3% in both treatment regimes. Conclusions: The SEECASE study demonstrated that NOV03 improves signs and symptoms in patients with highly symptomatic evaporative dry eye disease.