5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  A preservative-free artificial tear formulation significantly reduced ocular dryness symptoms after 1 month in a multicenter study in Spain.

• 2

  Patients using Systane Complete Preservative-Free eye drops showed improved OSDI scores from 23 at baseline to 8 at 1 month.

• 3

  Mean DEQ-5 scores decreased from 10 to 4, indicating symptom improvement, particularly pronounced at the final visit.

• 4

  Objective signs of ocular dryness, including conjunctival and limbal hyperemia, also improved significantly during the study.

• 5

  The study had limitations, including no control group and a predominance of women, with exploratory findings on environmental factors.