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Breast carcinoma is the most common cancer in females. An estimated 2.3 million new cases of breast carcinoma are diagnosed annually worldwide.1 These patients have potential risks of ocular complications not only from the secondaries in the eye but also due to the side effects of medications such as corticosteroids and cytotoxic drugs used to treat […]

Jennifer Loh: ASCRS 2020 – A Novel, Targeted, Open Eye, Thermal Therapy for Treatment of Dry Eye

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Published Online: Jul 6th 2020

Jennifer Loh (South Florida Vision Associates, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) discusses unmet needs in the treatment of dry eye, and gives an overview of the TearCare system and the efficacy and safety findings of the OLYMPIA clinical trial.

Questions:

1. What are the major unmet needs in the treatment of dry eye? (0:12)
2. Could you give us an overview of how the TearCare system works and its advantages compared to existing treatments? (0:43)
3. What were the aims and design of the OLYMPIA clinical trial? (2:30)
4. What were the major efficacy and safety findings of the study? (5:22)
5. Which patients are good candidates for the TearCare system? (7:02)

Disclosures: Jennifer Loh is a consultant, speaker, and has received research funding from Sight Sciences.

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Published: 6 July 2020

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