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Caroline A Blackie,1 Christy A Coleman,1 Edward J Holland,2 On behalf of the LipiFlow Study Group 1TearScience Inc., Morrisville, NC, 2Cincinnati Eye Institute, Edgewood, KY, USA Purpose: To evaluate the sustained effect (up to 1 year) of a single, 12-minute vectored thermal pulsation (VTP) treatment in improving meibomian gland function and dry eye symptoms in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction and evaporative dry eye.Methods: The prospective, multicenter, open-label clinical trial included 200 subjects (400 eyes) who were randomized to a single VTP treatment (treatment group) or twice-daily, 3-month, conventional warm compress and eyelid hygiene therapy (control group). Control group subjects received crossover VTP treatment at 3 months (crossover group). Effectiveness measures of meibomian gland secretion (MGS) and dry eye symptoms were evaluated at baseline and 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Subjects with inadequate symptom relief could receive additional meibomian gland dysfunction therapy after 3 (treatment group) and 6 months (crossover group).Results: At 3 months, the treatment group had greater mean improvement in MGS (P |
