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Tear cytokine response to multipurpose solutions for contact lenses

Authors Kalsow CM, Reindel WT, Merchea MM, Bateman KM, Barr JT

Received 1 March 2013

Accepted for publication 13 April 2013

Published 28 June 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 1291—1302

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S44642

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Review by Single anonymous peer review

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Carolyn M Kalsow,1 William T Reindel,2 Mohinder M Merchea,2 Kirk M Bateman,2,3 Joseph T Barr2

1Ocular Research Services, Mendon, NY, USA; 2Bausch and Lomb, Inc, Rochester, NY, USA; 3Statistics and Data Corporation, Tempe, AZ, USA

Purpose: An increased risk of corneal infiltrative events has been noted with the use of certain contact lenses and multipurpose solutions (MPS). This study was designed to evaluate tear cytokine assay as a sensitive, objective, and quantitative measure of the ocular surface response to contact lens/MPS and to consider the assay's clinical relevance in the context of other measures of ocular surface response.
Methods: Two MPS, ReNu® Fresh™ (RNF) and Opti-Free® RepleniSH (OFR), were used with daily wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses in a randomized, prospective crossover study involving 26 subjects. Clinical data collection (conjunctival hyperemia, ocular surface sensitivity, solution induced corneal staining (SICS) test score, and subjective responses) and tear cytokine assays were conducted masked. Responses were tracked as change from baseline throughout the experimental schedule.
Results: Similar response patterns for several inflammatory cytokines were seen throughout both phases: subjects who received OFR in Phase I had mean tear concentrations that were generally higher than those of the RNF Phase I group. OFR Phase I subjects had significant (P < 0.01) increases over baseline at day 1 and/or following washout for 13 cytokines (cc chemokine ligands [CCL] 3, CCL5, CCL11, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor [GM-CSF], interferon [INF]-γ, interleukin [IL]-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α). These changes were not observed in RNF Phase I subjects, even though SICS test scores increased. Phase I OFR subjects also had increased dryness, while RNF Phase I subjects had decreased bulbar hyperemia. No changes were detected with respect to limbal hyperemia or surface sensitivity thresholds.
Conclusion: The tear cytokine assay can detect and differentiate contact lens/MPS induced increases in inflammatory cytokines. Changes in cytokine levels were consistent with measurement of hyperemia and dryness but not with SICS scores, thereby suggesting a proinflammatory response to OFR compared to RNF that is not related to SICS test score. Tear cytokine profiles may be useful for reconciling clinical relevance of test results and in revealing signaling involved in the development of corneal infiltrative events.

Keywords: multiplex bead assay, corneal staining, immunoassay, corneal sensitivity, inflammation

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