April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Reduced Rescue Artificial Tear Use in Subjects Using a Topical Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-1 (R1) Blocker for Ocular Treatment of Dry Eye Disease (DED)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Michael H Goldstein
    Ophthalmology, New England Eye Center, Boston, MA
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Gregory Zarbis-Papastoitsis
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Kathryn Golden
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Cameron Wheeler
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Joseph Kovalchin
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Jennifer Agahigian
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Karen Tubridy
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Abbie Celniker
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Eric S Furfine
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Cambridge, MA
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Michael Goldstein, Eleven Biotherapeutics (C); Gregory Zarbis-Papastoitsis, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Kathryn Golden, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Cameron Wheeler, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Joseph Kovalchin, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Jennifer Agahigian, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Karen Tubridy, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Abbie Celniker, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E); Eric Furfine, Eleven Biotherapeutics (E)
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 3672. doi:
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      Michael H Goldstein, Gregory Zarbis-Papastoitsis, Kathryn Golden, Cameron Wheeler, Joseph Kovalchin, Jennifer Agahigian, Karen Tubridy, Abbie Celniker, Eric S Furfine; Reduced Rescue Artificial Tear Use in Subjects Using a Topical Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-1 (R1) Blocker for Ocular Treatment of Dry Eye Disease (DED). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):3672.

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Abstract

Purpose: In therapeutic studies in dry eye disease (DED), the placebo response is well documented with a magnitude of effect of 20-35% on signs and symptoms of DED compared with baseline. This response is believed to be principally a result of two components: the placebo response typically seen in therapeutic drug trials and the wetting or lubricating effect of the topically applied vehicle. A third component, however, may play an important role in the vehicle response: the use of rescue artificial tears.

Methods: EBI-005 is a novel, potent IL-1R1 inhibitor that was rationally designed to treat ocular surface disorders, such as DED. In a double-masked, placebo-controlled study, 74 subjects with moderate to severe DED were randomized to receive vehicle control or EBI-005 (5 or 20 mg/mL). Subjects received the study medication 3x/day for 6 weeks and were allowed to use rescue artificial tears provided by the sponsor (Refresh plus®, Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, CA). Subjects recorded the number of vials of artificial tear used in a diary and were not allowed to use rescue tears within two hours of dosing of the study medication.

Results: Mean rescue artificial tear use over the six week study period was 11.1 vials for subjects receiving EBI-005 and 31 vials for subjects receiving vehicle control (p value=.005). Median rescue artificial tear use over the six week period was 1 vial for subjects receiving EBI-005 and 10.5 vials for subjects receiving vehicle control. There was a lower percentage of users of large amounts of rescue artificial tears (defined as user of more than 50 vials during the 6 week study period) among subjects receiving EBI-005 (5% or 2 of 39) compared with vehicle control (35% or 9 of 26) (p value= .005). Of the 10 heaviest artificial tear users, eight (80%) were subjects receiving vehicle.

Conclusions: Subjects treated with EBI-005 used fewer rescue artificial tears than vehicle control treated subjects over the six week study period. Increased use of rescue artificial tears may play a key role in the magnitude of the vehicle response seen in many DED studies. Although not a currently acceptable regulatory endpoint in the United States, reduction of rescue artificial tear use by a study medication may have an important pharmacoeconomic impact that warrants further study.

Keywords: 486 cornea: tears/tear film/dry eye • 466 clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: treatment/prevention assessment/controlled clinical trials • 490 cytokines/chemokines  
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