Dry eye symptoms, measured using the OSDI score (ranging from 0 to 100 units, with a reduction in scores indicating clinical improvement) at 1‐month (with actual · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Ocular surface staining · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Aqueous tear production · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Tear film stability · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of artificial tear usage at 6 months · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Conjunctival goblet cell density (cells per unit) at 6 months · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment related adverse events, · people with dry eye
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of participants achieving control of inflammation (higher number of events is better) · NIIPPU
It is very uncertain whether steroids with or without azathioprine changes proportion of participants achieving control of inflammation (higher… compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in BCVA (lower logMAR indicate better vision) · NIIPPU
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of participants achieving a 2‐line improvement in visual acuity (Snellen chart) (higher scores indicate better vision) · NIIPPU
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Proportion of participants with confirmed macular edema (lower number of events is better) · NIIPPU
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Proportion of participants achieving steroid‐sparing control (higher number of events is better) · NIIPPU
It is very uncertain whether steroids with or without azathioprine changes proportion of participants achieving steroid‐sparing control (higher… compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of participants experiencing complications or requiring cessation of medication (lower number of events is better) · NIIPPU
It is very uncertain whether steroids with or without azathioprine changes proportion of participants experiencing complications or requiring… compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) · people with dry eye
Steroids showed no clear difference in change in TBUT (seconds) (longer is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) · people with dry eye
Steroids showed no clear difference in change in fluorescein corneal staining scores (lower is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in tear osmolarity (mOsm/kg) (lower is favored) · people with dry eye
It is very uncertain whether steroids changes change in tear osmolarity (mOsm/kg) (lower is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effect: incident elevated IOP ( · people with dry eye
It is very uncertain whether steroids changes adverse effect: incident elevated IOP ( compared with cyclosporine A (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effect: cataract · people with dry eye
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Change in patient‐reported symptom scores (lower is favored) · people with dry eye
Steroids showed no clear difference in change in patient‐reported symptom scores (lower is favored) compared with cyclosporine A (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in patient‐reported quality of life scores · people with dry eye
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review