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ReviewTherapeutic advances in ophthalmology

Lifitegrast: a novel drug for patients with dry eye disease.

Stacy L Haber, Vera Benson, Casey J Buckway, Jennifer M Gonzales, David Romanet, Brittany Scholes

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Review in Therapeutic advances in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Pregnancy and Dry Eye Syndrome: A Review for Clinical Practice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Topical lifitegrast therapy for dry eye disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  13. Quintessence of currently approved and upcoming treatments for dry eye disease.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stacy L HaberCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6966-4230
Vera BensonCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Casey J BuckwayCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Jennifer M GonzalesCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
David RomanetCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Brittany ScholesCollege of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Midwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this article is to review the pharmacology, efficacy, and safety of lifitegrast and determine its role relative to other agents in the management of dry eye disease. A PubMed search (1946 to December 2018) using the terms

Indexed as

clinical pharmacologydrug development and approvalliterature evaluationophthalmology

Identifiers

PMID31489402
PMCPMC6710705
OpenAlexW2969563768

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