Gina Wesley, Katherine Bickle, Johnathon Downing, Bret Fisher, Brennan Greene, Colton Heinrich, David Kading, Shane Kannarr, Jason Miller, Satish Modi, David Ludwick, Joseph Tauber, Thao N Yeh, Sruthi Srinivasan
Purpose: This study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of Systane iLux, a thermal pulsation device, in patients with MGD, over 12 months post-single treatment. Methods: This is a post-hoc analysis of a previous prospective, assessor-masked, parallel-group, multicenter study (NCT03956225) that compared the effectiveness and safety of iLux with LipiFlow in subjects with MGD. The original study included subjects with meibomian gland score (MGS) ≤12 in lower eyelids, Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life-Symptom Bother (IDEEL-SB) module score >16, and non-invasive tear break-up time (NITBUT) <10 seconds...
2022: Clinical Ophthalmology