Effects of Cyclosporine 0.05% Ophthalmic Emulsion to Improve Reduction of Tear Production after Cataract Surgery

Ri Yoo Ae; Bin Hwang Hyung; Kyung Kim Hyun; Kun Chung Sung

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Ae, Hyung, Hyun, and Sung: Effects of Cyclosporine 0.05% Ophthalmic Emulsion to Improve Reduction of Tear Production after Cataract Surgery

Original Article

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2013;54(7):1013-1018.

Published online: 7 September 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2013.54.7.1013

Effects of Cyclosporine 0.05% Ophthalmic Emulsion to Improve Reduction of Tear Production after Cataract Surgery

Ri Yoo Ae, MD¹, Bin Hwang Hyung, MD¹, Kyung Kim Hyun, MD, PhD², Kun Chung Sung, MD, PhD¹

¹Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, St. Mary’s Hospital¹,

²St. Vincent’s Hospital², The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Address reprint requests to Sung Kun Chung, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology, The Catholic University of Korea Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, #10 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-713, Korea Tel: 82-2-3779-1243, Fax: 82-2-761-6869 E-mail: eyedoc@catholic.ac.kr

Received 7 July 201211 January 2013 Accepted 3 May 2013

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the efficacy of cyclosporine 0.05% in reduced tear production sign and dry eye symptoms after cata-ract surgery.

Methods

This hospital-based prospective randomized trial included 43 patients of 83 eyes who underwent phacoemulsification. Tear break-up time, Schirmer’s test, corneal and conjunctival stain, and ocular surface disease index were performed for all pa-tients at preoperative 1 day, and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months postoperatively. Group 1 received carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%, group 2 received twice-daily cyclosporine 0.05%, and group 3 did not receive any additional eye drops.

Results

There was no statistically significant difference between the 3 groups in outcome measures. Two months after cataract surgery, the cyclosporine group showed improved tear break-up time, Schirmer’s test I, and corneal and con-junctival staining.

Conclusions

Cyclosporine 0.05% therapy reduced dry eye signs and symptoms after cataract surgery.

Keywords: Cataract surgery, Cyclosporine, Dry eye, Phacoemulsification

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Figure 1.

Tear Break up time (TBUT) at pre-op and post-op 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months. The increase in TBUT was statistically significant between1 month and 2 months (Group 1 = Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%, Group 2 = Cyclosporine 0.05%, Group 3 = No additional eye drops).

Figure 2.

Schirmer test I at pre-op and post-op 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months. Schirmer test I of group 2 increased statistically significant between post-op 1 month and 2 months (Group 1 = Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%, Group 2 = Cyclosporine 0.05%, Group 3 = No additional eye drops).

Figure 3.

Corneal and conjunctival staining at pre-op and post-op 1 month, 2 months. Group 2 had lowered corneal and conjunctival staining grades 2 months after cataract surgery (Group 1 = Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%, Group 2 = Cyclos- porine 0.05%, Group 3 = No additional eye drops).

Figure 4.

Mean ocular surface disease index (OSDI) score at pre-op and after surgery. The OSDI score decreased more in group1 and 2 than group 3 from 1 week after surgery to 2 month (Group 1 = Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%, Group 2 = Cyclosporine 0.05%, Group 3 = No additional eye drops).

Table 1.

Baseline data by treatment

Parameter	Group 1^*	Treatment Group 2^†	Group 3^‡	p-value
Tear film break up time	7.46 ± 1.5	7.75 ± 1.4	7.43 ± 1.7	0.704
Schirmer test I	10.58 ± 2.5	10.59 ± 2.5	10.57 ± 2.4	1.000
Corneal & conjunctival stain	1.77 ± 0.15	1.83 ± 0.18	1.64 ± 0.17	0.760
Ocular surface disease index	23.33 ± 4.3	23.38 ± 4.1	23.38 ± 4.4	0.085

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

^* Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%

^† Cyclosporine 0.05%

^‡ No additional eye drops.

Table 2.

Tear film break up time

Parameter		Treatment		p-value
Parameter	Group 1^*	Group 2^†	Group 3^‡	p-value
POD 1 day	5.08 ± 2.01	5.19 ± 1.97	5.18 ± 2.10	0.881
POD 1 week	5.10 ± 2.03	5.22 ± 1.85	5.23 ± 2.13	0.781
POD 1 month	5.42 ± 2.01	6.04 ± 2.03	5.39 ± 2.21	0.006
POD 2 months	5.79 ± 1.98	7.29 ± 2.01	5.96 ± 1.98	0.003

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

^* Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%

^† Cyclosporine 0.05%

^‡ No additional eye drops.

Table 3.

Schirmer test I

Parameter		Treatment		p-value
Parameter	Group 1^*	Group 2^†	Group 3^‡	p-value
POD 1 day	8.77 ± 2.4	9.46 ± 2.2	8.29 ± 2.1	0.133
POD 1 week	8.56 ± 2.1	8.87 ± 2.3	8.33 ± 2.2	0.147
POD 1 month	8.52 ± 2.3	9.52 ± 2.3	8.32 ± 2.2	0.152
POD 2 months	8.30 ± 2.5	10.83 ± 2.2	8.07 ± 2.1	0.003

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

^* Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%

^† Cyclosporine 0.05%

^‡ No additional eye drops.

Table 4.

Corneal & Conjunctival staining

Parameter		Treatment		p-value
Parameter	Group 1^*	Group 2^†	Group 3^‡	p-value
POD 1 day	1.08 ± 0.22	1.17 ± 0.21	1.17 ± 0.17	0.142
POD 1 week	1.12 ± 0.14	1.24 ± 0.18	1.17 ± 0.15	0.130
POD 1 month	1.32 ± 0.17	1.25 ± 0.15	1.22 ± 0.19	0.152
POD 2 months	1.42 ± 0.15	0.88 ± 0.14	1.33 ± 0.17	0.004

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

^* Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%

^† Cyclosporine 0.05%

^‡ No additional eye drops.

Table 5.

OSDI score

Parameter		Treatment		p-value
Parameter	Group 1^*	Group 2^†	Group 3^‡	p-value
POD 1 week	26.33 ± 4.3	25.33 ± 4.2	26.38 ± 4.2	0.090
POD 1 month	25.44 ± 4.7	25.38 ± 4.4	25.38 ± 3.7	0.072
POD 2 months	23.33 ± 4.6	23.33 ± 4.2	23.38 ± 4.2	0.061

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

^* Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5%

^† Cyclosporine 0.05%

^‡ No additional eye drops.

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